Article 3 Essential and important entities

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1. entities 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; of a type referred to in Annex I which exceed the ceilings for medium-sized enterprises means a financial entity that is not a small enterprise and employs fewer than 250 persons and has an annual turnover that does not exceed EUR 50 million and/or an annual balance sheet that does not exceed EUR 43 million; provided for in Article 2(1) of the Annex to Recommendation 2003/361/EC;

2. qualified trust service providers means a qualified trust service provider as defined in Article 3, point (20), of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014; and top-level domain name registries or ‘TLD name registry’ means an entity which has been delegated a specific TLD and is responsible for administering the TLD including the registration of domain names under the TLD and the technical operation of the TLD, including the operation of its name servers, the maintenance of its databases and the distribution of TLD zone files across name servers, irrespective of whether any of those operations are carried out by the entity itself or are outsourced, but excluding situations where TLD names are used by a registry only for its own use; as well as DNS service providers means an entity that provides:, regardless of their size;

3. providers of public electronic communications networks means a public electronic communications network as defined in Article 2, point (8), of Directive (EU) 2018/1972; or of publicly available electronic communications services means an electronic communications service as defined in Article 2, point (4), of Directive (EU) 2018/1972; which qualify as medium-sized enterprises means a financial entity that is not a small enterprise and employs fewer than 250 persons and has an annual turnover that does not exceed EUR 50 million and/or an annual balance sheet that does not exceed EUR 43 million; under Article 2 of the Annex to Recommendation 2003/361/EC;

4. public administration entities means an entity recognised as such in a Member State in accordance with national law, not including the judiciary, parliaments or central banks, which complies with the following criteria: referred to in Article 2(2), point (f)(i);

5. any other entities 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; of a type referred to in Annex I or II that are identified by a Member State as essential entities 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; pursuant to Article 2(2), points (b) to (e);

6. entities 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; identified as critical entities 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; under Directive (EU) 2022/2557, referred to in Article 2(3) of this Directive;

7. if the Member State so provides, entities 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; which that Member State identified before 16 January 2023 as operators of essential services in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/1148 or national law.

For the purposes of this Directive, entities 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; of a type referred to in Annex I or II which do not qualify as essential entities 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; pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article shall be considered to be important entities 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;. This includes entities 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; identified by Member States as important entities 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; pursuant to Article 2(2), points (b) to (e).

By 17 April 2025, Member States shall establish a list of essential and important entities 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; as well as entities providing domain name registration services means a registrar or an agent acting on behalf of registrars, such as a privacy or proxy registration service provider or reseller;. Member States shall review and, where appropriate, update that list on a regular basis and at least every two years thereafter.

1. the name of the 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;;

2. the address and up-to-date contact details, including email addresses, IP ranges and telephone numbers;

3. where applicable, the relevant sector and subsector referred to in Annex I or II; and

4. where applicable, a list of the Member States where they provide services falling within the scope of this Directive.

The entities 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; referred to in paragraph 3 shall notify any changes to the details submitted pursuant to the first subparagraph of this paragraph without delay, and, in any event, within two weeks of the date of the change.

The Commission, with the assistance of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity means cybersecurity as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2019/881; (ENISA), shall without undue delay provide guidelines and templates regarding the obligations laid down in this paragraph.

Member States may establish national mechanisms for entities 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; to register themselves.

1. the Commission and the Cooperation Group means a group as defined in Article 2, point (11), of Directive 2013/34/EU; of the number of essential and important entities 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; listed pursuant to paragraph 3 for each sector and subsector referred to in Annex I or II; and

2. the Commission of relevant information about the number of essential and important entities 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; identified pursuant to Article 2(2), points (b) to (e), the sector and subsector referred to in Annex I or II to which they belong, the type of service that they provide, and the provision, from among those laid down in Article 2(2), points (b) to (e), pursuant to which they were identified.

Until 17 April 2025 and upon request of the Commission, Member States may notify the Commission of the names of the essential and important entities 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; referred to in paragraph 5, point (b).