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title: "Article 74 — Orderly wind-down of crypto-asset service providers"
type: regulation
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source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02023R1114-20240109"
shortTitle: "Article 74 — Orderly wind-down of crypto-asset service providers"
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text_version: "Consolidated version of 9 January 2024"
source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02023R1114-20240109"
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*In force · Consolidated version of 9 January 2024 · Verified 9 Nov 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02023R1114-20240109)*

[Crypto-asset service providers](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/crypto-asset-service-provider) that provide the services referred to in Articles [75](75.md) to [79](79.md) shall have in place a plan that is appropriate to support an orderly wind-down of their activities under applicable national law, including the continuity or recovery of any critical activities performed by those service providers. That plan shall demonstrate the ability of crypto-asset service providers to carry out an orderly wind-down without causing undue economic harm to their [clients](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/client).

### Related

* [crypto-asset service provider](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/crypto-asset-service-provider) — definition used in this article
* [crypto-asset service](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/crypto-asset-service) — definition used in this article
* [crypto-asset](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/crypto-asset) — definition used in this article
* [client](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/client) — definition used in this article

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[Title V — Authorisation and operating conditions for crypto-asset service providers](../titles/v.md) › Chapter 2 — Obligations for all crypto-asset service providers · [← Article 73](73.md) · [Article 75 →](75.md)