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title: "Recital 9"
type: regulation
legal_status: in_force
source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32023R1114
shortTitle: "Recital 9"
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: "Regulation (EU) 2023/1114, OJ L 150, 9.6.2023"
source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1114/oj/eng"
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verified: true
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*In force · Regulation (EU) 2023/1114, OJ L 150, 9.6.2023 · Verified 9 Nov 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1114/oj/eng)*

Union legislative acts on financial services should be guided by the principles of ‘same activities, same risks, same rules’ and of technology neutrality. Therefore, crypto-assets that fall under existing Union legislative acts on financial services should remain regulated under the existing regulatory framework, regardless of the technology used for their issuance or their transfer, rather than this Regulation. Accordingly, this Regulation expressly excludes from its scope crypto-assets that qualify as [financial instruments](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/financial-instrument) as defined in Directive 2014/65/EU, those that qualify as [deposits](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/deposit) as defined in Directive 2014/49/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (7), including [structured deposits](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/structured-deposit) as defined in Directive 2014/65/EU, those that qualify as [funds](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/funds) as defined in Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council (8), except if they qualify as [electronic money tokens](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mica/electronic-money-token) (‘e-money tokens’), those that qualify as securitisation positions as defined in Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council (9), and those that qualify as non-life or life insurance contracts, pension products or schemes and social security schemes. Having regard to the fact that electronic money and funds received in exchange for electronic money should not be treated as deposits in accordance with Directive 2009/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (10), e-money tokens cannot be treated as deposits that are excluded from the scope of this Regulation.