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# ESMA — List — MiCA Grandfathering Periods by Member State (Article 143(3)) \[published]

**Statement by ESMA · not legislation · dated 30 Dec 2024 \[published]**

*Published · ESMA publication · Checked against the ESMA publication on 13 Oct 2026 ·* [*Official source*](https://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2024-12/List_of_MiCA_grandfathering_periods_art._143_3.pdf)

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| **Full title**          | List of grandfathering periods decided by Member States under [Article 143](/mica/articles/143.md) of [Regulation (EU) 2023/1114](/mica/readme.md) Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) |
| **Prepared by**         | ESMA                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| **Published by**        | ESMA                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| **Reference**           | Not recorded                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **Document type**       | List                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| **Legal nature**        | Not legislation                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **Addressees**          | Not stated in the document                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **Dates**               | Dated 30 December 2024                                                                                                                                                                        |
| **Legal basis**         | [Article 143 MiCA](/mica/articles/143.md)                                                                                                                                                     |
| **Related instruments** | [ESMA Statement on MiCA Transitional Measures](/mica/level-3/statements/statement-on-mica-transitional-measures.md)                                                                           |
| **Text on this page**   | Word for word — the full text of the ESMA publication; its 4 tables cell by cell, rows and columns as in the PDF                                                                              |

### List of grandfathering periods decided by Member States under [Article 143](/mica/articles/143.md) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA)\*

### Article 143 – Transitional measures

3\. Crypto-asset service providers that provided their services in accordance with applicable law before 30 December 2024, may continue to do so until 1 July 2026 or until they are granted or refused an authorisation pursuant to Article 63, whichever is sooner.

Member States may decide not to apply the transitional regime for crypto-asset service providers provided for in the first subparagraph or to reduce its duration where they consider that their national regulatory framework applicable before 30 December 2024 is less strict than this Regulation.

By 30 June 2024, Member States shall notify to the Commission and ESMA whether they have exercised the option provided for in the second subparagraph and the duration of the transitional regime.

| Member state | Grandfathering period |
| ------------ | --------------------- |
| Belgium      | 18 months             |
| Bulgaria     | 18 months\*\*         |
| Czechia      | 18 months\*\*\*       |
| Denmark      | 18 months\*\*\*\*     |
| Germany      | 12 months             |
| Estonia      | 18 months             |
| Ireland      | 12 months             |
| Greece       | 18 months             |
| Spain        | 18 months             |

| France          | 18 months |
| --------------- | --------- |
| Croatia         | 18 months |
| Italy\*\*\*\*\* | 18 months |
| Cyprus          | 18 months |
| Latvia          | 6 months  |
| Lithuania       | 12 months |
| Luxembourg      | 18 months |
| Hungary         | 6 months  |
| Malta           | 18 months |
| Netherlands     | 6 months  |
| Austria         | 12 months |
| Poland          | 6 months  |
| Portugal        | 18 months |
| Romania         | 18 months |
| Slovenia        | 6 months  |
| Slovakia        | 12 months |
| Finland         | 6 months  |
| Sweden          | 9 months  |

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| EEA country | Grandfathering period |
| ----------- | --------------------- |
| Iceland     | 18 months             |

| Liechtenstein | 18 months |
| ------------- | --------- |
| Norway        | 12 months |

\* Please note that some of these grandfathering periods have been communicated to ESMA by national competent authorities, reflecting their current expectations on national grandfathering period, but that some of these periods may not have been incorporated into national law yet. This list is being shared on that basis to facilitate industry preparations ahead of MiCA.

\* To be able to benefit from the grandfathering period, applicant CASPs must apply before 8 October 2025.

\*\* The entities listed in the VASP register between 30 December 2024 and 08 July 2025 (the date of entry into force of the Bulgarian Act) shall submit an application for authorization under [art. 63](/mica/articles/63.md) of MiCA before 08

October 2025 (i.e. within 3 months of entry into force of the Bulgarian Act).

\*\*\* To be able to benefit from the grandfathering period, applicant CASPs must apply before 31 July 2025.

\*\*\*\* To be able to benefit from the grandfathering period, applicant CASPs must apply before 30 December 2024.

\*\*\*\*\* Entities registered as VASPs in the Italian AML/TF register, or entities belonging to the same group, must file their application for MICA authorisation by 30 December 2025 to benefit from the grandfathering period.

### Related Level 1 articles

* [Article 143 — Transitional measures](/mica/articles/143.md)