ESMA Q&A 2396 — Q&A — Definition on ICT services [Question Rejected]

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Definition on ICT services

Question

Article 3 (21) of DORA defines that 'ICT services’ means digital and data services provided through ICT systems to one or more internal or external users on an ongoing basis.

It is not clear whether "digital and data services" should be interpreted as:

Version one: either digital or data services (so two different of sets of activities or

Version two: services which need to be both: digital service and parallel/in the same time data service.

Source: ESMA original document

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Question Rejected · ESMA Q&A register, 10 January 2025 · Checked against the ESMA publication on 26 Oct 2026 · Official source

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Question submitted: 10 January 2025

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ESMA_QA_2396

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Legal basis

Article 3 (21)

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