MiCA Regulation [Eurolex]

Art. 16 - Authorisation Art. 17 - Requirements for banks Art. 18 - Application for authorisation Art. 19 - Whitepaper Art. 20 - Assessment of application Art. 21 - Refusal of authorisation Art. 22 - Reporting on stablecoins Art. 23 - Restrictions on mass stablecoins Art. 24 - Withdrawal of the authorisation Art. 25 - Modification of whitepaper Art. 26 - Liability for whitepaper Art. 27 - Best interest Art. 28 - Whitepaper Art. 29 - Marketing Art. 30 - Ongoing information Art. 31 - Complaints-handling Art. 32 - Conflicts of interest Art. 33 - Changes of management Art. 34 - Governance arrangements Art. 35 - Own funds requirements Art. 36 - Reserve assets Art. 37 - Custody of reserve assets Art. 38 - Investment of the reserves Art. 39 - Right of redemption Art. 40 - Prohibition of granting interest Art. 41 - Acquisition of issuers: Assessment Art. 42 - Acquisitions of issuers: Content Art. 43 - Significant stablecoins Art. 44 - Voluntary significant stablecoins Art. 45 - Obligations for significant stablecoins Art. 46 - Recovery plan Art. 47 - Redemption plan
Art. 59 - Authorisation Art. 60 - Services by licensed entities Art. 61 - Reverse solicitation Art. 62 - Application for authorisation Art. 63 - Assessment of application Art. 64 - Withdrawal of authorisation Art. 65 - Cross-border services Art. 66 - Honest, fair, professional Art. 67 - Prudential requirements Art. 68 - Governance arrangements Art. 69 - Information to authorities Art. 70 - Custody Art. 71 - Complaints-handling procedures Art. 72 - Conflicts of interest Art. 73 - Outsourcing Art. 74 - Orderly wind-down Art. 75 - Custody and administration Art. 76 - Trading platforms Art. 77 - Exchange Art. 78 - Best execution Art. 79 - Placing of crypto-assets Art. 80 - Reception and transmission of orders Art. 81 - Advice and Portfolio Management Art. 82 - Transfers Art. 83 - Acquisitions: Assessment Art. 84 - Acquisitions: Content Art. 85 - Significant service providers
Art. 93 - Competent authorities Art. 94 - Powers of competent authorities Art. 95 - Cooperation Art. 96 - Cooperation EBA and ESMA Art. 97 - Classification of tokens Art. 98 - Other authorities Art. 99 - Duty of notification Art. 100 - Professional secrecy Art. 101 - Data protection Art. 102 - Precautionary measures Art. 103 - ESMA interventions Art. 104 - EBA interventions Art. 105 - Product intervention Art. 106 - Coordination with ESMA or EBA Art. 107 - Third-countries Art. 108 - Complaints-handling Art. 109 - ESMA register Art. 110 - Register of non-compliant firms Art. 111 - Administrative penalties Art. 112 - Supervisory powers Art. 113 - Right of appeal Art. 114 - Publication of decisions Art. 115 - Reporting of penalties Art. 116 - Reporting of infringements Art. 117 - Supervision: stablecoins Art. 118 - EBA crypto-asset committee Art. 119 - Colleges for issuers Art. 120 - Non-binding opinion of colleges Art. 121 - Legal privilege Art. 122 - Request for information Art. 123 - General investigative powers Art. 124 - On-site inspections Art. 125 - Exchange of information Art. 126 - Third countries: information Art. 127 - Third countries: disclosure Art. 128 - Other authorities Art. 129 - Professional secrecy Art. 130 - Supervisory measures EBA Art. 131 - Fines Art. 132 - Periodic penalty payments Art. 133 - Allocation of fines Art. 134 - Fines: procedural rules Art. 135 - Investigation: hearings Art. 136 - Review by the Court of Justice Art. 137 - Supervisory fees Art. 138 - EBA: delegation of tasks Art. 139 - Exercise of the delegation Art. 140 - Reports on MiCA Art. 141 - Report on market Art. 142 - Report on crypto-assets
Art. 143 - Transitional measures

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Article 61 - Reverse solicitation

(Official title: Provision of crypto-asset services at the exclusive initiative of the client)

  1. Where a client established or situated in the Union initiates at its own exclusive initiative the provision of a crypto-asset service or activity by a third‐country firm, the requirement for authorisation under Article 59 shall not apply to the provision of that crypto-asset service or activity by the third‐country firm to that client, including a relationship specifically relating to the provision of that crypto-asset service or activity.

    Without prejudice to intragroup relationships, where a third‐country firm, including through an entity acting on its behalf or having close links with such third‐country firm or any other person acting on behalf of such entity, solicits clients or prospective clients in the Union, regardless of the means of communication used for the solicitation, promotion or advertising in the Union, it shall not be deemed to be a service provided on the client’s own exclusive initiative.

    The second subparagraph shall apply notwithstanding any contractual clause or disclaimer purporting to state otherwise, including any clause or disclaimer that the provision of services by a third-country firm is deemed to be a service provided on the client’s own exclusive initiative.

  2. A client’s own exclusive initiative as referred to in paragraph 1 shall not entitle a third‐country firm to market new types of crypto-assets or crypto-asset services to that client.

  3. ESMA shall by 30 December 2024 issue guidelines in accordance with Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 to specify the situations in which a third-country firm is deemed to solicit clients established or situated in the Union.

    In order to foster convergence and promote consistent supervision in respect of the risk of abuse of this Article, ESMA shall also issue guidelines in accordance with Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 on supervision practices to detect and prevent circumvention of this Regulation.

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