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ESMA list of competent authorities notified under MiCA Article 93

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Last updated: 17/02/2026

List of competent authorities designated under Article 93 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA)

Article 93 - Competent authorities 1.Member States shall designate the competent authorities responsible for carrying out the functions and duties provided for in this Regulation.Member States shall notify those competent authorities to EBA and ESMA.2.

Where Member States designate more than one competent authority pursuant to paragraph 1, they shall determine their respective tasks and designate one competent authority as the single point of contact for cross-border administrative cooperation between competent authorities as well as with EBA and ESMA.Member States may designate a different single point of contact for each of those types of administrative cooperation.3.

ESMA shall publish on its website a list of the competent authorities designated in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2.

Note: Please note that for the Member States with an asterisk (*), competent authorities have not yet been formally designated (the information listed for those may in some cases be susceptible to change).

Member States Belgium

Competent Authorities Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) National Bank of Belgium (NBB)/FSMA

Single Contact Point Financial Services and Markets Authority National Bank of Belgium (NBB)/FSMA

Section Title II and VI Title III Other provisions of Title III: NBB Articles 27 - 29 and 31 – 32: FSMA

National Bank of Belgium (NBB)

Ministry of Economy of Belgium

Title IV Articles 49, (4) – (6) and 50 (1) and (3)

FSMA/NBB

Title V With the exception of Articles 66, 71, 75(1) and 76 to 82, the NBB is the competent authority for the application and enforcement with regard to: - entities referred to in Article 60(1), (2) and (4) - entities referred to in Article 60(3) authorized as stock broking firms referred to in Book II of the Law of 20 July 2022;

- entities referred to in Article 59(1)(a) authorized as: • a stock broking firm referred to in Book II of the Law of 20 July 2022 and wishing to provide crypto asset services for which they do not benefit from equivalence pursuant to Article 60(3);• an electronic money institution referred to the law of 11 March 2018 and wishing to provide crypto asset services for which they do not benefit from equivalence pursuant to Article 60(4);

• payment institutions referred to the law of 11 March 2018 wishing to provide services on crypto assets.The FSMA is the competent authority for the application and enforcement of Title V with regard to: - entities referred to in Article 60(3) that are not authorized as stock broking firms;- entities referred to in Article 60(5) and (6);- entities referred to in Article 59(1)(a) which are not under supervision of the NBB.

The FSMA is also the competent authority for the application and enforcement of Articles 66, 71, 75(1) and 76 to 82 with regard to the entities under supervision of the NBB.

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Financial Supervision Commission (FSC)

Bulgarian Financial Supervision Commission

Bulgarian National Bank

Bulgarian FSC / Bulgarian National Bulgarian Financial Supervision Bank (further details in “Section”) Commission

Title III Financial Supervision Commission except for the authorisation of credit institutions for issuance of an asset-referenced tokens, as well as the powers under Article 33 and Article 34, paragraphs 2, 4 and 12 with respect to credit institutions, for which the Bulgarian National Bank is competent Title V Financial Supervision Commission except for the authorisation of credit institutions for providing crypto-asset services, as well as under Articles 68, paragraphs 1-3 and Article 69 with respect to credit institutions, for which the Bulgarian National Bank is competent

Czech Republic Denmark Germany Estonia Ireland Greece

Česká národní banka (CNB)

Finanstilsynet (DK FSA)

Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) Finantsinspektsioon (FSA)

Central Bank of Ireland (CBoI)

Hellenic Capital Markets Commission (HCMC)

HCMC / Bank of Greece (further details in “Section”)

Title III: For legal entities that are not credit institutions, payment institutions or electronic money institutions, the competent authority for Articles 16 to 47 excluding Article 26, is the HCMC.

For credit institutions, payment institutions and electronic money institutions the competent authorities are: 1) The Bank of Greece for the following provisions: a) Article 16, except for the last sentence of paragraph 2 and paragraph 4, b) Article 17, except for paragraph 1(a) regarding the approval of the crypto-asset white paper, c) Article 18, except for paragraph 2(k), d) Article 20, except for paragraph 1 regarding the assessment of the crypto-asset white paper, e) Articles 21 to 24 and 31 to 36, f) Article 37, except for paragraphs 8 and 10, g) Article 38, h) Article 39(2)(b) and (e), i) Articles 40 and 41, j) Article 42(1) and (2), k) Article 43(4) to (8) and (10), l) Article 44(1) and (2), m) Articles 46 and 47.

2) The HCMC is the competent authority for the remainder of the provisions of Title III not assigned to the Bank of Greece under previous para 1) excluding Article 26.

HCMC / Bank of Greece (further details in “Section”)

Title IV: Articles 48 to 50 and 54 to 58: Bank of Greece Articles 51 to 53: HCMC

HCMC / Bank of Greece (further details in “Section”)

Title V: Articles 59 to 85: For legal entities that are not credit institutions, payment institutions or electronic money institutions, the competent authority is the HCMC.

For credit institutions, electronic money institutions and payment institutions: 1) The Bank of Greece for the following provisions: a) Article 59, except paragraph 3, b) Article 60 (1), (4) and (7) excluding points (f), (g), (h), and (i), as well as for paragraphs (8) to (12), c) Article 61 for third-country entities that, if their headquarters or registered office were located within the Union, would qualify as credit institutions, electronic money institutions, or payment institutions, d) Articles 62 to 65, e) Articles 67 to 69, f) Article 70(1), g) Articles 71 to 74, h) Article 75(2) to (7) and (9), i) Article 81(7), j) Articles 83 to 85.

2) The HCMC is the competent authority for the remainder of the provisions of Title V not assigned to the Bank of Greece under previous para 1).

Spain

France

Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Titles II, V and VI Valores (CNMV) Valores (CNMV) Banco de Espana

Banco de Espana

Titles III and IV

Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)

Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel (ACPR)

Titles III and IV

AMF / ACPR

Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)

Title V

Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel (ACPR) Croatia

Italy

Hrvatska agencija za nadzor financijskih usluga (HANFA)

Titles II, V and VI

Hrvatska Narodna Banka (HNB)

Titles III and IV

Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB)

Banca d’Italia

Banca d’Italia / CONSOB (further details in “Section”)

TBC

Title III Authorisation: Bank of Italy in agreement with CONSOB.Title V Authorisation: Granted by CONSOB in consultation with Bank of Italy, except for e-money institutions and payment institutions applying to provide crypto-assets services other than those provided under Article 60 MiCAR (these are authorized by Banca d’Italia in consultation with Consob).

Notifications (article 60): - Consob receives the notification for services by central securities depositories, investment firms and market operators - Banca d’Italia receives the notification for crypto-asset services by credit institutions, e-money institutions and UCITS management companies or alternative investment fund managers

Cyprus*

Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC)

CySEC

Title II

Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC)

Central Bank of Cyprus

CySEC/CBC (further details in “Section”)

TBC

Title III For non-credit institutions: CySEC For credit institutions: CBC Title V Authorisation: CySEC for CASPs intending to provide / providing services under Article 63 Notification: • CySEC for CSDs, market operators, investment firms, UCITS management companies and alternative investment fund managers providing services under Article 60 • CBC for credit institutions and EMIs providing services under Article 60

Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg* Hungary Malta

Latvijas Banka

Lietuvos Bankas (LB)

Lietuvos banka (LB)

Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)

Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB)

Malta Financial Services Authority Malta Financial Services Authority ALL (MFSA) (MFSA)

Netherlands

Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM) Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM)

De Nederlansche Bank (DNB) / AFM (further details in “Section”)

Title V

Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM)

Articles 59 – 66, 68 – 82 and 85 – 92: AFM Articles 67, 83 and 84: DNB DNB / AFM (further details in “Section”)

De Nederlansche Bank (DNB)

Titles III and IV Title III Articles 16 – 18, 20 – 26, 28 and 30 – 47: DNB Articles 19 and 29: AFM Article 27: both DNB and AFM Title IV Articles 48 – 50, 52 and 54 – 58: DNB Articles: 51 and 53: AFM

Austria

Österreichische Finanzmarktaufsichtsbehörde (FMA)

Poland*

Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego (KNF)

Banco de Portugal

Title III and IV

Portugal*

Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM)

Authorisation: Banco de Portugal and prudential supervision Title II and VI Ongoing supervision of CASPs: CMVM

Banco de Portugal / Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM) (further details in “Section”)

Romania* Slovenia

Title V: Banco de Portugal for authorisation and prudential supervision; and CMVM for ongoing supervision of CASPs

TBA

Banka Slovenije

Agencija za trg Vrednostnih Papirjev (ATVP)

Agencija za trg Vrednostnih Agencija za trg Vrednostnih Title III Papirjev (ATVP) / Banka Slovenije Papirjev (ATVP) / Banka Slovenije (further details in “Section”) ATVP.However, the supervision of institutions issuing asset referenced tokens, which are also providing investments services and activities and are under national securities law already supervised by both ATVP and Banka Slovenija, namely credit institutions, is being done in cooperation with the Bank of Slovenia.

Title V ATVP, except for the receipt of notifications from e-money institutions intending to provide custody and administration of crypto-assets and transfer services in relation to e-money tokens issued by them, pursuant to Article 60, in which case Banka Slovenija

Slovakia Finland Sweden

EEA Countries Iceland* Liechtenstein* Norway

Národná Banka Slovenska (NBS)

Národná Banka Slovenska (NBS) ALL

Finanssivalvonta (FIN-FSA)

Finansinspektionen (FI)

Competent Authorities Central Bank of Iceland

Single Contact Points Central Bank of Iceland

Section (where relevant) ALL

Finanzmarktaufsicht Liechtenstein Finanzmarktaufsicht Liechtenstein ALL (FMA) (FMA) Finanstilsynet

Finanstilsynet

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ESMA list of competent authorities notified under MiCA Article 93