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# Article 8 — Major incidents

**Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1772 · binding · OJ L, 2024/1772, 25.6.2024 · dated 13 Mar 2024 [in force]**

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1. <a id="art-8-p-1"></a>An incident shall be considered a major incident for the purposes of [Article 19(1)](../../articles/19.md) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 where it has affected critical services as referred to in Article 6 and where either of the following conditions is fulfilled:\
   <a id="art-8-p-1-a"></a>a) the materiality threshold referred to in Article 9(5), point (b), is met;\
   <a id="art-8-p-1-b"></a>b) two or more of the other materiality thresholds referred to in Articles 9(1) to (6) are met.\
2. <a id="art-8-p-2"></a>Recurring incidents that individually are not considered a major incident in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be considered as one major incident where they meet all of the following conditions:\
   <a id="art-8-p-2-a"></a>a) they have occurred at least twice within 6 months;\
   <a id="art-8-p-2-b"></a>b) they have the same apparent root cause as referred to in [Article 20](../../articles/20.md), first subparagraph, point (b) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554;\
   <a id="art-8-p-2-c"></a>c) they collectively fulfil the criteria for being considered a major incident set out in paragraph 1.\

    Financial entities shall assess the existence of recurring incidents on a monthly basis.

    This paragraph does not apply to microenterprises and to financial entities listed in [Article 16(1)](../../articles/16.md) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554.