--- title: "Article 12 — Designation of competent authorities" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32022R0858" source_retrieved: 2026-10-05 shortTitle: "Article 12 — Designation of competent authorities" instrument_type: level1_regulation authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: "Regulation (EU) 2022/858" instrument: dlt celex: "32022R0858" regulation: DLTR regulation-full: "Regulation (EU) 2022/858" article: 12 status: in_force object_id: eu.dlt.legal_text.article.12 text_version: "Regulation (EU) 2022/858, OJ L 151, 2.6.2022" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/858/oj/eng" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-11-09 --- *In force · Regulation (EU) 2022/858, OJ L 151, 2.6.2022 · Verified 9 Nov 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/858/oj/eng)* 1. The competent authority for an investment firm operating a DLT MTF or DLT TSS shall be the competent authority designated by the Member State determined in accordance with Article 4(1), points (55)(a)(ii) and (iii), of Directive 2014/65/EU. 2. The competent authority for a market operator operating a DLT MTF or DLT TSS shall be the competent authority designated by the Member State in which the registered office of the market operator operating the DLT MTF or DLT TSS is situated or, if in accordance with the law of that Member State the market operator has no registered office, the Member State in which the head office of the market operator operating the DLT MTF or DLT TSS is situated. 3. The competent authority for a CSD operating a DLT SS or DLT TSS shall be the competent authority designated by the Member State determined in accordance with Article 2(1), point (23), of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014. *** [Articles](README.md) · [← Article 11](11.md) · [Article 13 →](13.md)