Recital 11 Trust service providers

Some 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; carry out activities in the areas of national security, public security, defence or law enforcement, including the prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of criminal offences, while also providing trust services means a trust service as defined in Article 3, point (16), of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014;. Trust service providers means a trust service provider as defined in Article 3, point (19), of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014; which fall within the scope of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council(⁶)Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 73). should fall within the scope of this Directive in order to secure the same level of security requirements and supervision as that which was previously laid down in that Regulation in respect of trust service providers means a trust service provider as defined in Article 3, point (19), of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014;. In line with the exclusion of certain specific services from Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, this Directive should not apply to the provision of trust services means a trust service as defined in Article 3, point (16), of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014; that are used exclusively within closed systems resulting from national law or from agreements between a defined set of participants.