Source: OJ L, 2025/422, 31.3.2025Current language: EN
Article 3 General principles for the presentation of information by crypto-asset service providers
The following requirements shall apply to information that crypto-asset service providers are to make publicly available on their website in accordance with Article 66(5) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114:
the information shall be made available free of charge;
it shall be in form of a downloadable file and presented in a way that is easy to read, with characters of readable size and a style of writing that facilitates its understanding and that facilitates comparisons between the information relating to each of the crypto-assets in relation to which the crypto-asset service provider provides services.
Crypto-asset service providers shall review and update the information referred to in paragraph 1 on a regular basis, at least annually. In case of material changes, the information shall be updated without undue delay and accompanied by clear indications of the changes made. The date of publication of the information and the date of the latest review or update shall be clearly indicated on the website of the crypto-asset service providers.
Information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be made available in at least one of the official languages of the home Member State of the crypto-asset service provider, or in a language customary in the sphere of international finance.
Where the crypto-asset service provider is providing crypto-asset services with respect to a specific crypto-asset in a Member State other than its home Member State, the information referred to in paragraph 1 for that crypto-asset shall also be made available in an official language of that host Member State or in a language customary in the sphere of international finance.
Relevant recitals
Recital 3 Indicators ensuring comparable, reliable sustainability information
It is important that investors receive accurate, fair, clear, not misleading, simple, concise and comparable information on the impacts of the technologies underpinning issuance of crypto-assets on the climate and the environment. At the same time, given the distributed nature of the technology at hand, it may be difficult to obtain and disclose accurate and reliable information in this regard. It is therefore necessary to develop a list of indicators that considers those constraints to provide investors with understandable and comparable information on the adverse impacts of consensus mechanisms, based on accessible and reliable data, including estimates where necessary and duly justified.
Recital 6 Ongoing reviews and independent third-party disclosure
Considering that all disclosing entities remain responsible for their own disclosures, including where they source information from existing crypto-asset white papers, information included in the white papers and information made available on the websites of crypto-asset service providers should be reviewed on a regular basis and updated accordingly. Considering that disclosing entities may make use of independent third parties to obtain or verify information to be disclosed, the use of such independent third parties for those purposes should be disclosed and the relevant independent third-party identified.
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- where the offeror or person seeking admission to trading of crypto-assets other than asset-referenced tokens or e-money tokens has its registered office in the Union, the Member State where that offeror or person has its registered office;
- where the offeror or person seeking admission to trading of crypto-assets other than asset-referenced tokens or e-money tokens has no registered office in the Union but does have one or more branches in the Union, the Member State chosen by that offeror or person from among the Member States where it has branches;
- where the offeror or person seeking admission to trading of crypto-assets other than asset-referenced tokens or e-money tokens is established in a third country and has no branch in the Union, either the Member State where the crypto-assets are intended to be offered to the public for the first time or, at the choice of the offeror or person seeking admission to trading, the Member State where the first application for admission to trading of those crypto-assets is made;
- in the case of an issuer of asset-referenced tokens, the Member State where the issuer of asset-referenced tokens has its registered office;
- in the case of an issuer of e-money tokens, the Member State where the issuer of e-money tokens is authorised as a credit institution under Directive 2013/36/EU or as an electronic money institution under Directive 2009/110/EC;
- in the case of crypto-asset service providers, the Member State where the crypto-asset service provider has its registered office;
- providing custody and administration of crypto-assets on behalf of clients;
- operation of a trading platform for crypto-assets;
- exchange of crypto-assets for funds;
- exchange of crypto-assets for other crypto-assets;
- execution of orders for crypto-assets on behalf of clients;
- placing of crypto-assets;
- reception and transmission of orders for crypto-assets on behalf of clients;
- providing advice on crypto-assets;
- providing portfolio management on crypto-assets;
- providing transfer services for crypto-assets on behalf of clients;