Article 9R Article 9N exclusion: other exclusionsF1

A person (“P”) does not carry on the activity specified by article 9N(1)(a) on behalf of another person (“A”), if A appoints P as their agent for the purposes of giving instructions to a third person (“C”), where C has undertaken directly to A to safeguard that cryptoasset.

A person (“P”) does not carry on the activity specified by article 9N(1)(a) on behalf of another person (“A”) unless P holds itself out as engaging in the business of providing a service in relation to a qualifying cryptoasset or a relevant specified investment cryptoasset to A, or to a person acting on behalf of A.

There is excluded from article 9N(1) any activity where the qualifying cryptoasset in question is, or is to be, safeguarded by a person (“A”), or a member of the same group as A, for the purpose of enabling or facilitating transactions by A, or a member of the same group as A, that would be within article 9T (dealing in qualifying cryptoassets as principal) but for the operation of article 9V(1)(e).