Article 1 — Submission of the application for authorisation to offer asset-referenced tokens to the public and to seek their admission to trading

1.Applicant issuers that submit to their competent authority the application for authorisation referred to in Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1125, shall use the standard form set out in Annex I and the template set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

2.Competent authorities shall make available on their website their contact details relating to the submission for authorisation, and the standard form set out in Annex I and the template set out in Annex II.

3.Competent authorities shall indicate on their website how the application for authorisation is to be submitted with all the requested information and documents, via upload on an internet portal indicated on the competent authority’s website or by other electronic means or, for specific documents to be submitted in original in accordance with national law, in paper form. Competent authorities shall clearly indicate on their website or internet portal which documents are to be submitted in original paper form, according to national law.

4.Where competent authorities require the submission of information in both electronic means and paper form, in case of discrepancy in the information provided, the information submitted in paper form shall prevail.