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# Recital 21

*In force · Regulation (EU) 2023/1113, OJ L 150, 9.6.2023 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1113/oj/eng)*

Persons that provide only ancillary infrastructure, such as internet network and infrastructure service providers, cloud service providers or software developers, that enables another entity to provide transfer services for crypto-assets, should not fall within the scope of this Regulation unless they perform transfers of crypto-assets.