Annex II

List of activities by type of entity

Type of entity means a natural or legal person created and recognised as such under the national law of its place of establishment, which may, acting under its own name, exercise rights and be subject to obligations;

List of activities and services

  • credit institutions means a credit institution as defined in Article 4(1), point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (^32^); Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 1).

Activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2013/36/EU and activities listed in Section A and B of Annex I to Directive 2014/65/EU

  • payment institutions means a payment institution as defined in Article 4, point (4), of Directive (EU) 2015/2366;, including payment institutions means a payment institution as defined in Article 4, point (4), of Directive (EU) 2015/2366; exempted pursuant to Directive (EU) 2015/2366

Activities listed in Annex I to Directive (EU) 2015/2366

  • account information service providers means an account information service provider as referred to in Article 33(1) of Directive (EU) 2015/2366;

Account information services as referred to in point (8) of Annex I to Directive (EU) 2015/2366

  • electronic money institutions means an electronic money institution as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Directive 2009/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council;, including electronic money institutions exempted pursuant to Directive 2009/110/EC means an electronic money institution benefitting from a waiver as referred to in Article 9(1) of Directive 2009/110/EC;

Issuing electronic money in accordance with Directive 2009/110/EC and the activities listed in Annex I to Directive (EU) 2015/2366

  • investment firms means an investment firm as defined in Article 4(1), point (1), of Directive 2014/65/EU;

Investment services and activities listed in Section A and B of Annex I to Directive 2014/65/EU

  • crypto-asset service providers means a crypto-asset service provider as defined in the relevant provision of the Regulation on markets in crypto-assets; authorised under Regulation (EU) 2023/1114

Services and activities listed in Article 3, point (16), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114

  • issuers of asset-referenced tokens means an issuer of asset-referenced tokens as defined in the relevant provision of the Regulation on markets in crypto-assets; authorised under Regulation (EU) 2023/1114

Activities referred to in Article 16(1) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114

  • central securities depositories means a central securities depository as defined in Article 2(1), point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014;

Activities listed in Annex to Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1)Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on improving securities settlement in the European Union and on central securities depositories and amending Directives 98/26/EC and 2014/65/EU and Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2014/909/oj).

  • central counterparties means a central counterparty as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012;

Activity of central counterparties means a central counterparty as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012; as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012

  • trading venues means a trading venue as defined in Article 4(1), point (24), of Directive 2014/65/EU;

Activity of trading venues means a trading venue as defined in Article 4(1), point (24), of Directive 2014/65/EU; as defined in Article 4(21-24), of Directive 2014/65/EU

  • trade repositories means a trade repository as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012;

Activities of trade repositories means a trade repository as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012; as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 and in Article 3, point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 2015/2365 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2)Regulation (EU) 2015/2365 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on transparency of securities financing transactions and of reuse and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 337, 23.12.2015, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2015/2365/oj).

  • managers of alternative investment funds means a manager of alternative investment funds as defined in Article 4(1), point (b), of Directive 2011/61/EU;

Activities listed in Article 6(4) and in Annex I to Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council(3)Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on Alternative Investment Fund Managers and amending Directives 2003/41/EC and 2009/65/EC and Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009 and (EU) No 1095/2010 (OJ L 174, 1.7.2011, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/61/oj).

  • management companies means a management company as defined in Article 2(1), point (b), of Directive 2009/65/EC;

Activities listed in Article 6(3) and in Annex II to Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(4)Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) (OJ L 302, 17.11.2009, p. 32, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2009/65/oj).

  • data reporting service providers means a data reporting service provider within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014, as referred to in Article 2(1), points (34) to (36) thereof;

Services referred to in Article 2(1), points (34), (35) and (36), of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council(5)Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p. 84, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2014/600/oj).

  • insurance and reinsurance undertakings means a reinsurance undertaking as defined in Article 13, point (4), of Directive 2009/138/EC;

Activities authorised for (i) the classes of non-life insurance as referred to in Section B of Annex I to Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(6)Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II) (OJ L 335, 17.12.2009, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2009/138/oj).

  • insurance intermediaries means an insurance intermediary as defined in Article 2(1), point (3), of Directive (EU) 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (^34^); Directive (EU) 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 January 2016 on insurance distribution (OJ L 26, 2.2.2016, p. 19)., reinsurance intermediaries means a reinsurance intermediary as defined in Article 2(1), point (5), of Directive (EU) 2016/97; and ancillary insurance intermediaries means an ancillary insurance intermediary as defined in Article 2(1), point (4), of Directive (EU) 2016/97;

Activities of insurance and reinsurance distribution as defined in Article 2(1), points (1) and (2), of Directive (EU) 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council(7)Directive (EU) 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 January 2016 on insurance distribution (OJ L 26, 2.2.2016, p. 19, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2016/97/oj).

  • institutions for occupational retirement provision means an institution for occupational retirement provision as defined in Article 6, point (1), of Directive (EU) 2016/2341;

Activities of institutions for occupational retirement provision means an institution for occupational retirement provision as defined in Article 6, point (1), of Directive (EU) 2016/2341; as referred to in Article 7 of Directive (EU) 2016/2341 of the European Parliament and of the Council(8)Directive (EU) 2016/2341 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs) (OJ L 354, 23.12.2016, p. 37, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2016/2341/oj).

  • credit rating agencies means a credit rating agency as defined in Article 3(1), point (b), of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009;

Activities of credit rating agencies means a credit rating agency as defined in Article 3(1), point (b), of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009; as referred to in Article 3(1), points (a) and (b), of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council(9)Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on credit rating agencies (OJ L 302, 17.11.2009, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1060/oj).

  • administrators of critical benchmarks means an administrator of ‘critical benchmarks’ as defined in Article 3(1), point (25), of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011;

Provision of benchmarks by administrators as defined in Article 3(1)(5) and 3(1)(6) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council, referring to critical benchmarks defined in Article 3(1), point (25), of that Regulation.

  • crowdfunding service providers means a crowdfunding service provider as defined in Article 2(1), point (e), of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of the European Parliament and of the Council (^35^); Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 October 2020 on European crowdfunding service providers for business, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 and Directive (EU) 2019/1937 (OJ L 347, 20.10.2020, p. 1).

Provision of crowdfunding services in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of the European Parliament and of the Council(10)Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 October 2020 on European crowdfunding service providers for business, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 and Directive (EU) 2019/1937 (OJ L 347, 20.10.2020, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2020/1503/oj).

  • securitisation repositories means a securitisation repository as defined in Article 2, point (23), of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council (^36^); Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 laying down a general framework for securitisation and creating a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation, and amending Directives 2009/65/EC, 2009/138/EC and 2011/61/EU and Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009 and (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 347, 28.12.2017, p. 35).

Activity of securitisation repositories means a securitisation repository as defined in Article 2, point (23), of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council (^36^); Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 laying down a general framework for securitisation and creating a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation, and amending Directives 2009/65/EC, 2009/138/EC and 2011/61/EU and Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009 and (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 347, 28.12.2017, p. 35). as defined in Article 2, point (23), of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council(11)Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 laying down a general framework for securitisation and creating a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation, and amending Directives 2009/65/EC, 2009/138/EC and 2011/61/EU and Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009 and (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 347, 28.12.2017, p. 35, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/2402/oj).(12)Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 202/1230 of 29 November 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the details of the application for registration of a securitisation repository and the details of the simplified application for an extension of registration of a trade repository (OJ L 289, 03.09.2020 p. 345) ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2020/1230/oj).

Non-financial entity means a natural or legal person created and recognised as such under the national law of its place of establishment, which may, acting under its own name, exercise rights and be subject to obligations;: ICT intra-group service provider means an undertaking that is part of a financial group and that provides predominantly ICT services to financial entities within the same group or to financial entities belonging to the same institutional protection scheme, including to their parent undertakings, subsidiaries, branches or other entities that are under common ownership or control;

Not applicable

Non-financial entity means a natural or legal person created and recognised as such under the national law of its place of establishment, which may, acting under its own name, exercise rights and be subject to obligations;: Other intra-group entity means a natural or legal person created and recognised as such under the national law of its place of establishment, which may, acting under its own name, exercise rights and be subject to obligations;

Not applicable

Non-financial entity means a natural or legal person created and recognised as such under the national law of its place of establishment, which may, acting under its own name, exercise rights and be subject to obligations;: ICT third-party service provider means an undertaking providing ICT services;

Not applicable

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