Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2263 of 12 November 2025 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2378 as regards the standard forms and computerised formats for the mandatory automatic exchange of information on reportable crypto-assets, the communication of the yearly assessment and the list of statistical data to be provided by Member States under Council Directive 2011/16/EU

‘5 The computerised format to be used for the mandatory automatic exchange of information pursuant to Article 8ad(6) of Directive 2011/16/EU shall comply with Annex XVIII to this Regulation.’

‘2 Before 1 May each year, Member States shall communicate to the Commission by electronic means the yearly assessment using the form referred to in paragraph 1. The assessment shall cover the period of the previous calendar year.’

1 The form to be used for the communication of information on Crypto-Asset Operators to the Crypto-Asset Operators register pursuant to Article 8ad(9) of Directive 2011/16/EU shall comply with the format set out in Annex XIX to this Regulation.

2 The key elements to be recorded in the Crypto-Asset Operator register, as provided for by Article 8ad(9) of Directive 2011/16/EU, shall be the information listed in Section V, subparagraph F(2), of Annex VI to Directive 2011/16/EU and Annex XIX to this Regulation. The establishment of the Crypto-Asset Operator register, and the processing of personal data carried out within that Crypto-Asset Operator register by the Commission on behalf of the competent authorities of Member States shall comply with Regulations (EU) 2016/679 and (EU) 2018/1725. The competent authorities of Member States shall be considered to be data controllers and the Commission shall be considered to be a data processor in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

3 The format of the individual identification number pursuant to Article 8ad(7) is set out in Annex XIX to this Regulation.

4 The retention period for information deleted from the Crypto-Asset Operator register, pursuant to Section V, subparagraph F(5), point d, of Annex VI to Directive 2011/16/EU is set out in Annex XIX to this Regulation.

5 The rules regarding the change of the Member State of single registration and the transfer of information regarding the Reporting Crypto-Asset Service Provider to the new Member State of single registration are set out in Annex XIX to this Regulation.’

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2026.