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Article 1 — General information

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Legal persons or other undertakings seeking authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider in accordance with Article 62 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (‘applicants’) shall include in their application for authorisation all the following information:

1(a)
a)the legal name, telephone number and email address of the applicant;
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1(b)
b)any commercial or trading name used or to be used by the applicant;
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1(c)
c)the legal entity identifier (LEI) of the applicant;
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1(d)
d)the full name, function, email address and telephone number of the designated contact point or person;
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1(e)
e)the legal form of the applicant as referred to in Article 62(2), point (b) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114, including information on whether the applicant is a legal person or other undertaking, and, where available, national identification number of the applicant, and evidence of its registration with the national register of companies;
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1(f)
f)date and Member State of the applicant’s incorporation or foundation;
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1(g)
g)where applicable, the instruments of constitution, the articles of association as referred to in Article 62(2), point (c), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 and by-laws;
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1(h)
h)the address of the head office and, where different, of the registered office of the applicant;
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1(i)
i)information on where the branches will operate, if any, and their legal entity identifiers (LEI), where available;
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1(j)
j)the domain name of each website operated by the applicant and the social media accounts of that applicant;
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1(k)
k)where the applicant is not a legal person, documentation to assess whether:
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1(k)(i)
i)the level of protection of third parties interests and the rights of the holders of crypto-assets, including in case of insolvency, is equivalent to protection afforded by legal persons;
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1(k)(ii)
ii)the applicant is subject to equivalent prudential supervision appropriate to its legal form;
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1(l)
l)where the applicant intends to operate a trading platform for crypto-assets:
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1(l)(i)
i)the physical address, telephone number and email address of the trading platform for crypto-assets;
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1(l)(ii)
ii)any commercial name of the trading platform for crypto-assets.\
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