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# ANNEX — Data necessary for the classification of crypto-asset white papers in the register referred to in [Article 109](../../articles/109.md) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114

**Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/421 · binding · OJ L, 2025/421, 24.3.2025 · dated 16 Dec 2024 [in force]**

*In force · Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/421, OJ L, 2025/421, 24.3.2025 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/421/oj/eng)*

#### Legend

| SYMBOL               | DATA TYPE                                                                                | DEFINITION                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| {ALPHANUM-n}         | Up to n alphanumerical characters                                                        | Free text field.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| {DATE\_TIME\_FORMAT} | ISO 8601 date and time format                                                            | Date and time in the following format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.ddddddZ. — ‘YYYY’ is the year, — ‘MM’ is the month, — ‘DD’ is the day, — ‘T’ – means that the letter ‘T’ shall be used, — ‘hh’ is the hour, — ‘mm’ is the minute, — ‘ss.dddddd’ is the second and its fraction of a second, — Z is UTC time. Dates and times shall be recorded in UTC. |
| {DATEFORMAT}         | ISO 8601 date format                                                                     | Dates shall be formatted in the following format: YYYY-MM-DD.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| {DECIMAL-n/m}        | Decimal number of up to n digits in total of which up to m digits can be fraction digits | Numerical field for both positive and negative values. — decimal separator is ‘.’ (full stop), — negative numbers are prefixed with ‘-’ (minus); Values are rounded and not truncated.                                                                                                                                                            |
| {DTI}                | 9 alphanumerical characters                                                              | Digital Token Identifier as defined in ISO 24165 standard                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| {FFG DTI}            | 9 alphanumerical characters                                                              | Code to identify a group of equivalent Digital Token Identifiers as defined in ISO 24165 standard type 3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| {INTEGER-n}          | Integer number of up to n digits in total                                                | Numerical field for both positive and negative integer values.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| {LEI}                | 20 alphanumerical characters                                                             | Legal entity identifier as defined in ISO 17442                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| {MIC}                | 4 alphanumerical characters                                                              | Market identifier as defined in ISO 10383                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |

| Number | Field                                                                                                                                                      | Content                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Form and standards                                                 |
| ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 1      | Type of crypto-asset white paper                                                                                                                           | The type of crypto-asset white paper notified. Where the crypto-asset white paper concerns asset-referenced tokens, the code ‘ARTW’ shall be used. Where the crypto-asset white paper concerns e-money tokens, the code ‘EMTW’ shall be used. Where the crypto-asset white paper concerns crypto-assets other than asset-referenced tokens and e-money tokens the code ‘OTHR’ shall be used. | Choice from list of predefined values: ‘ARTW’ ‘EMTW’ ‘OTHR’        |
| 2      | Name of the issuer                                                                                                                                         | Name of the issuer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Free alphanumerical text                                           |
| 3      | Legal form of the issuer                                                                                                                                   | Legal form                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | ISO standard 20275 ‘Financial Services – Entity Legal Forms (ELF)’ |
| 4      | Legal entity identifier of the issuer, where available                                                                                                     | Legal entity identifier of the issuer, where available                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | {LEI}                                                              |
| 5      | Other identifier of the issuer required pursuant to applicable national law, where available                                                               | Other identifier of the issuer required pursuant to applicable national law, where available                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Free alphanumerical text                                           |
| 6      | Legal entity identifier of the entity that drew up the crypto-asset white paper, where available                                                           | Legal entity identifier of the entity that drew up the crypto-asset white paper, where available                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | {LEI}                                                              |
| 7      | Other identifier of the entity that drew up the crypto-asset white paper required pursuant to applicable national law, where available                     | Other identifier of the entity that drew up the crypto-asset white paper required pursuant to applicable national law                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Free alphanumerical text                                           |
| 8      | Identifier of operator of the trading platform                                                                                                             | Segment market identifier code (MIC) for the trading platform operated by the crypto-asset service provider (CASP), where available, otherwise operating MIC                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | {MIC}                                                              |
| 9      | Commercial name or trading name of the issuer, where available                                                                                             | Commercial name or trading name of the issuer, where available                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Free alphanumerical text                                           |
| 10     | Physical address of the issuer                                                                                                                             | Physical address of the issuer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Free alphanumerical text                                           |
| 11     | Telephone number of the issuer, where available                                                                                                            | Telephone number of the issuer, where available                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Free alphanumerical text                                           |
| 12     | Email of the issuer, where available                                                                                                                       | Email of the issuer, where available                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Free alphanumerical text                                           |
| 13     | Website of the issuer                                                                                                                                      | Website of the issuer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Free alphanumerical text                                           |
| 14     | Home Member State                                                                                                                                          | Home Member State as defined in [Article 3](../../articles/3.md), point (33), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Closed list of EU Member States                                    |
| 15     | Host Member States                                                                                                                                         | Host Member State as defined in [Article 3](../../articles/3.md), point (34), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Closed list of EU Member States                                    |
| 16     | Starting date of offer to the public or admission to trading                                                                                               | Starting date or, if not available at the time of the notification by the competent authority, the intended starting date of offer to the public or admission to trading                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | YYYY-MM-DD                                                         |
| 17     | Any other services provided by the issuer                                                                                                                  | Any other services provided by the issuer not covered by Regulation (EU) 2023/1114, with a reference to the applicable Union or national legal acts regulating that service, where applicable                                                                                                                                                                                                | Free alphanumerical text                                           |
| 18     | The date of authorisation, where applicable                                                                                                                | The date of authorisation by the competent authority, where applicable                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | YYYY-MM-DD                                                         |
| 19     | The date of withdrawal of authorisation, where applicable                                                                                                  | The date of withdrawal of authorisation by the competent authority, where applicable                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | YYYY-MM-DD                                                         |
| 20     | Publication date                                                                                                                                           | Effective or intended publication date of the crypto-asset white paper or of the modified crypto-asset white paper, as applicable                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | YYYY-MM-DD                                                         |
| 21     | Date and time of notification                                                                                                                              | Date and time of the latest notification of the white paper to the competent authority                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | YYYY-MM-DD Thh:mm:ss.ddddddZ.                                      |
| 22     | Language or languages of the crypto-asset white paper                                                                                                      | Language or languages in which the crypto-asset white paper is drafted. Where multiple languages have been used, this field shall be reported as many times as necessary                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Closed list of EU languages                                        |
| 23     | Record identifier                                                                                                                                          | Unique identifier of the uploaded record, assigned by the sending competent authority                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | {ALPHANUM-500}                                                     |
| 24     | Data file reference                                                                                                                                        | Reference code needed to link the data file with corresponding metadata file                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | {ALPHANUM-500}                                                     |
| 25     | The type of submission                                                                                                                                     | Type of submission                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | NEWT = New MODI = Modify EROR = Error CORR = Correction            |
| 26     | Version                                                                                                                                                    | Version of the dataset (data and metadata)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | {INTEGER-50}                                                       |
| 27     | Digital Token Identifier used to uniquely identify the crypto-asset or each of the several crypto assets to which the white paper relates, where available | Code used to uniquely identify the crypto-asset or each of the several crypto assets to which the crypto-asset white paper relates, where available                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | ISO 24165 Digital Token Identifier {DTI}                           |
| 28     | Functionally Fungible Group Digital Token Identifier, where available                                                                                      | Code used to uniquely identify the functionally fungible group to which the digital asset belongs (i.e. common to each of the several assets to which the crypto-asset white paper relates), i.e. code used to identify the white paper ISO 24165 DTI of type = 3 (i.e. functionally fungible group), where available                                                                        | ISO 24165 \[FFG DTI]                                               |
| 29     | Personal data flag                                                                                                                                         | Flag indicating if the submitted crypto-asset white paper contains personal data                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | ‘true’ – Yes ‘false’ – No                                          |
