Recital 38 One or more competent authorities

In view of the differences in national governance structures and in order to safeguard already existing sectoral arrangements or Union supervisory and regulatory bodies, Member States should be able to designate or establish one or more competent authoritiesas defined in Article 46 responsible for cybersecurity means cybersecurity as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2019/881; and for the supervisory tasks under this Directive.