ANNEX I
HIGHLY CRITICAL SECTORS
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Type of entity
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Electricity undertakings as defined in Article 2(57) of Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1), performing the function of "supply" as defined in Article 2(12) of that Directive
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Distribution system operators as defined in Article 2(29) of Directive (EU) 2019/944
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Transmission system operators as defined in Article 2(35) of Directive (EU) 2019/944
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Producers as defined in Article 2(38) of Directive (EU) 2019/944
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Appointed electricity market operators as defined in Article 2(8) of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2)
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Market participants as defined in Article 2(25) of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 providing aggregation or demand response or energy storage services as defined in Article 2(18), (20) and (59) of Directive (EU) 2019/944
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Charging point operators responsible for the management and operation of a charging point providing a charging service to end users, including on behalf of and for the account of a mobility service provider
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District heating and cooling
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District heating or district cooling operators as defined in Article 2(19) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3)
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Operators of facilities for oil production, refining and treatment, storage and transportation
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Central stockholding entities as defined in Article 2(f) of Council Directive 2009/119/EC (4)
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Supply companies as defined in Article 2(8) of Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (5)
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Distribution system operators as defined in Article 2(6) of Directive 2009/73/EC
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Transmission system operators as defined in Article 2(4) of Directive 2009/73/EC
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Storage system operators as defined in Article 2(10) of Directive 2009/73/EC
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LNG system operators as defined in Article 2(12) of Directive 2009/73/EC
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Natural gas undertakings as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive 2009/73/EC
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Operators of natural gas refining and treatment facilities.
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Operators of hydrogen production, storage and transmission facilities
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Airlines as defined in Article 3(4), Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 used for commercial purposes
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Airport managing bodies as defined in point 2 of Article 2 of Directive 2009/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (6), airports as referred to in point 1 of Article 2 of that Directive, including nuclear airports listed in Section 2 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (7), as well as entities operating related installations located at airports
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Traffic management and control operators offering air traffic control services as defined in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (8)
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Infrastructure managers as defined in Article 3(2) of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (9)
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Railroad undertakings as defined in Article 3(1) of Directive 2012/34/EU, including operators of service facilities as defined in Article 3(12) of that Directive
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Waterborne (inland, coastal and maritime) passenger and cargo transport companies defined as maritime transport companies in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 725/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (10), excluding individual vessels operated by these companies
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Port operators as defined in Article 3(1) of Directive 2005/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (11), including their port facilities as defined in Article 2(11) of Regulation (EC) No 725/2004; as well as entities managing works and equipment in ports
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Operators of traffic management systems (VBS) as defined in Article 3(o) of Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (12)
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Road authorities as defined in Article 2(12) of delegated Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/962 (13) responsible for traffic management, excluding public authorities for which traffic management or the operation of intelligent transport systems is only a non-essential part of their overall activity
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Operators of intelligent transport systems as defined in Article 4(1) of Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (14)
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Credit institutions as defined in Article 4(1), Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (15)
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Financial market infrastructure
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Operators of trading venues as defined in Article 4(24) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (16)
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Central counterparties as defined in Article 2(1), Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (17)
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Healthcare providers as defined in Article 3(g) of Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (18)
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EU reference laboratories as referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 of the European Parliament and of the Council on serious cross-border threats to health (19)
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Entities carrying out research and development activities on medicinal products as defined in Article 1(2) of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (20)
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Entities manufacturing basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations referred to in Section C, Division 21 of NACE Rev. 2
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Entities manufacturing medical devices considered critical in the context of a public health emergency ("the list of devices critical in a public health emergency") within the meaning of Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2022/123 of the European Parliament and of the Council (21)
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Suppliers and distributors of water intended for human consumption as defined in Article 2(1)(a) of Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council (22), with the exception of distributors for whom the distribution of water for human consumption is a non-essential part of their overall activity of distributing other goods and commodities that are not considered essential or important services
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Undertakings collecting, discharging or treating urban waste water, domestic waste water or industrial waste water as defined in Article 2(1), (2) and (3) of Council Directive 91/271/EEC (23), with the exception of undertakings for which the collection, discharge or treatment of urban waste water, domestic waste water or industrial waste water is a non-essential part of their overall activity
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Digital infrastructure
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Internet node providers
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DNS service providers, excluding operators of root name servers
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Registry for top-level domain names
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Cloud computing service providers
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Data center service providers
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Content delivery network providers
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Providers of trust services
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Providers of public electronic communications networks.
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Providers of public electronic communications services
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Management of ICT services (business-to-business).
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Providers of managed services
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Providers of managed security services
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Public authorities of central governments as defined by a member state in accordance with national law
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Public authorities at regional level as defined by a member state in accordance with national law
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Operators of ground facilities owned, managed or operated by Member States or private parties that support the provision of space-based services, excluding providers of public electronic communications networks
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(1) Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and amending Directive 2012/27/EU(OJ L 158, 14.6.2019, p. 125).
(2) Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the internal electricity market(OJ L 158, 14.6.2019, p. 54).
(3) Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources(OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82).
(4) Council Directive 2009/119/EC of September 14, 2009 imposing an obligation on Member States to maintain minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products(OJ L 265, 9.10.2009, p. 9).
(5) Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 2003/55/EC(OJ L 211, 14.8.2009, p. 94).
(6) Directive 2009/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on airport charges(OJ L 70, 14.3.2009, p. 11).
(7) Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network and repealing Decision No 661/2010/EU(OJ L 348, 20.12.2013, p. 1).
(8) Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 laying down the framework for the creation of the Single European Sky (the Framework Regulation)(OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 1).
(9) Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railroad area,(OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 32).
(10) Regulation (EC) No 725/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on enhancing ship and port facility security(OJ L 129, 29.4.2004, p. 6).
(11) Directive 2005/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on enhancing port security(OJ L 310, 25.11.2005, p. 28).
(12) Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002 establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system and repealing Council Directive 93/75/EEC(OJ L 208, 5.8.2002, p. 10).
(13) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/962 of 18 December 2014 supplementing Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the provision of EU-wide real-time traffic information services(OJ L 157, 23.6.2015, p. 21).
(14) Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport(OJ L 207, 6.8.2010, p. 1).
(15) Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 1.
(16) Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU(OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p. 349).
(17) Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories(OJ L 201, 27.7.2012, p. 1).
(18) Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare(OJ L 88, 4.4.2011, p. 45).
(19) Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 on serious cross-border threats to health and repealing Decision No 1082/2013/EU(OJ L 314, 6.12.2022, p. 26).
(20) Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use(OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67).
(21) Regulation (EU) 2022/123 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 January 2022 on enhancing the role of the European Medicines Agency as regards crisis preparedness and management in the field of medicinal products and medical devices(OJ L 20, 31.1.2022, p. 1).
(22) Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on the quality of water intended for human consumption(OJ L 435, 23.12.2020, p. 1).
(23) Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment(OJ L 135, 30.5.1991, p. 40).