--- title: "Article 9 — Publication of the crypto-asset white paper and of the marketing communications" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02023R1114-20240109" shortTitle: "Article 9 — Publication of the crypto-asset white paper and of the marketing communications" instrument_type: level1_regulation authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 instrument: mica celex: 32023R1114 text_version: "Consolidated version of 9 January 2024" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02023R1114-20240109" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-11-09 --- *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)* 1. [Offerors](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/offeror) and persons seeking admission to trading of [crypto-assets](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/crypto-asset) other than [asset-referenced tokens](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/asset-referenced-token) or [e-money tokens](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/electronic-money-token) shall publish their crypto-asset white papers and, where applicable, their marketing communications, on their website, which shall be publicly accessible, at a reasonable time in advance of, and in any event before the starting date of, the [offer to the public](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/offer-to-the-public) of those crypto-assets or the admission to trading of those crypto-assets. The crypto-asset white papers and, where applicable, the marketing communications, shall remain available on the website of the offerors or persons seeking admission trading for as long as the crypto-assets are held by the public. 2. The published [crypto-asset](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/crypto-asset) white papers and, where applicable, the marketing communications, shall be identical to the version notified to the [competent authority](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/competent-authority) in accordance with [Article 8](8.md) or, where applicable, to the version modified in accordance with [Article 12](12.md). *** ### 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 * [competent authority](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/competent-authority) — definition used in this article * [offer to the public](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/offer-to-the-public) — definition used in this article * [crypto-asset](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/crypto-asset) — definition used in this article ## Related Level 2 and Level 3 ### Guidance and Q&A - [ESMA Q&A 2552 — Q&A — Application of Title II requirements to CASPs \[Published Answer Updated\]](../level-3/q-and-a/esma/esma-qa-2552-application-title-ii-requirements-casps-operating-trading.md) - [ESMA Q&A 2654 — Q&A — Title II tokens: white paper \[Answer Published\]](../level-3/q-and-a/esma/esma-qa-2654-transitional-whitepaper-title-ii.md) *** [Title II — Crypto-assets other than asset-referenced tokens or e-money tokens](../titles/ii.md) · [← Article 8](8.md) · [Article 10 →](10.md)