Art. 30 Voluntary notification of relevant information | NIS 2 directive |

1. Member States shall ensure that, in addition to the notification obligation provided for in Article 23, notifications can be submitted to the CSIRTscomputer security incident response teams or, where applicable, the competent authoritiesas defined in Article 46, on a voluntary basis, by:
  1. 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; with regard to incidents means an event compromising the availability, authenticity, integrity or confidentiality of stored, transmitted or processed data or of the services offered by, or accessible via, network and information systems;, cyber threats means a cyber threat as defined in Article 2, point (8), of Regulation (EU) 2019/881; and near misses;
  2. 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; other than those referred to in point (a), regardless of whether they fall within the scope of this Directive, with regard to significant incidents means an event compromising the availability, authenticity, integrity or confidentiality of stored, transmitted or processed data or of the services offered by, or accessible via, network and information systems;, cyber threats means a cyber threat as defined in Article 2, point (8), of Regulation (EU) 2019/881; and near misses.
1. Member States shall process the notifications referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23. Member States may prioritise the processing of mandatory notifications over voluntary notifications.
2. Where necessary, the CSIRTscomputer security incident response teams and, where applicable, the competent authoritiesas defined in Article 46 shall provide the single points of contact with the information about notifications received pursuant to this Article, while ensuring the confidentiality and appropriate protection of the information provided by the notifying 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;. Without prejudice to the prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of criminal offences, voluntary reporting shall not result in the imposition of any additional obligations upon the notifying 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; to which it would not have been subject had it not submitted the notification.