Source: OJ L, 2025/422, 31.3.2025

Article 3 General principles for the presentation of information by crypto-asset service providers

Summary What does Article 3 of the RTS on sustainability indicators say?

This article sets out the practical requirements governing how crypto-asset service providers must publish sustainability-related information on their websites, as required under Article 66(5) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114.

It covers the format, maintenance, and language of that disclosure, essentially acting as the "how to publish" companion to the "what to publish" rules found in Article 5.

The obligations are straightforward: the information must be free, readable, kept current, and accessible to the relevant audience in an appropriate language.

Important points:

Publish sustainability information on your website free of charge, in a downloadable file that is easy to read and allows comparisons across the crypto-assets for which you provide services.
Review and update the information at least annually, updating without undue delay in the case of material changes, and clearly indicate both the publication date and the date of the latest update.
Make the information available in at least one official language of your home Member State (or a language customary in international finance), with an additional language requirement applying for each host Member State where you provide services in relation to a specific crypto-asset.

Springlex's summary of the article, a reading aid, not a substitute for the legal text.

1. 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:
  1. the information shall be made available free of charge;
  2. 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.
1. 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.
1. 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.
2. 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.

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