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# competent authority

Definition of competent authority from Regulation (EU) 2023/1114, Article 3(1), point (35).

|                  |                                            |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| **Defined term** | competent authority                        |
| **Source**       | MiCA                                       |
| **Reference**    | Article 3(1), point (35)                   |
| **Status**       | Published                                  |
| **Refresh rule** | Regenerate after source legal-text changes |

## Definition

> **(35)** '**competent authority**' means one or more authorities:
>
> **(a)** designated by each Member State in accordance with [Article 93](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/93/) concerning offerors, persons seeking admission to trading of crypto-assets other than asset-referenced tokens and e-money tokens, issuers of asset-referenced tokens, or [crypto-asset service](/definitions/mica/crypto-asset-service.md) providers;
>
> **(b)** designated by each Member State for the application of [Directive 2009/110/EC](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02009L0110-20180113) concerning issuers of e-money tokens;

## Source

[MiCA, Article 3(1), point (35)](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/3/).

## Used In MiCA

* [Article 12](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/12/)
* [Article 4](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/4/)
* [Article 6](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/6/)
* [Article 7](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/7/)
* [Article 8](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/8/)
* [Article 9](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/9/)
* [Article 16](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/16/)
* [Article 17](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/17/)
* [Article 18](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/18/)
* [Article 20](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/20/)
* [Article 21](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/21/)
* [Article 22](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/22/)
* [Article 23](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/23/)
* [Article 24](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/24/)
* [Article 25](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/25/)
* [Article 29](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/29/)
* [Article 33](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/33/)
* [Article 34](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/34/)
* [Article 35](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/35/)
* [Article 36](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/36/)
* [Article 41](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/41/)
* [Article 42](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/42/)
* [Article 43](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/43/)
* [Article 44](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/44/)
* [Article 46](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/46/)
* [Article 47](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/47/)
* [Article 48](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/48/)
* [Article 51](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/51/)
* [Article 53](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/53/)
* [Article 55](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/55/)
* [Article 56](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/56/)
* [Article 57](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/57/)
* [Article 58](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/58/)
* [Article 140](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/140/)
* [Article 141](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/141/)
* [Article 143](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/143/)
* [Article 144](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/144/)
* [Article 145](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/145/)
* [Article 59](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/59/)
* [Article 60](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/60/)
* [Article 62](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/62/)
* [Article 63](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/63/)
* [Article 64](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/64/)
* [Article 65](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/65/)
* [Article 68](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/68/)
* [Article 69](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/69/)
* [Article 73](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/73/)
* [Article 76](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/76/)
* [Article 78](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/78/)
* [Article 83](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/83/)
* [Article 84](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/84/)
* [Article 85](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/85/)
* [Article 88](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/88/)
* [Article 92](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/92/)
* [Article 100](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/100/)
* [Article 101](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/101/)
* [Article 102](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/102/)
* [Article 103](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/103/)
* [Article 104](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/104/)
* [Article 105](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/105/)
* [Article 106](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/106/)
* [Article 107](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/107/)
* [Article 108](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/108/)
* [Article 93](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/93/)
* [Article 94](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/94/)
* [Article 95](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/95/)
* [Article 96](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/96/)
* [Article 97](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/97/)
* [Article 98](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/98/)
* [Article 109](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/109/)
* [Article 110](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/110/)
* [Article 111](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/111/)
* [Article 112](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/112/)
* [Article 113](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/113/)
* [Article 114](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/114/)
* [Article 115](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/115/)
* [Article 117](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/117/)
* [Article 119](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/119/)
* [Article 120](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/120/)
* [Article 122](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/122/)
* [Article 123](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/123/)
* [Article 124](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/124/)
* [Article 125](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/125/)
* [Article 127](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/127/)
* [Article 130](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/130/)
* [Article 133](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/133/)
* [Article 137](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/137/)
* [Article 138](https://headlesslaw.com/rulebooks/mica/articles/138/)


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