Article 2 Scope

1. Without prejudice to paragraphs 3 and 4, this Regulation applies to the following entities:

(a) credit institutions;

(b) payment institutions, including payment institutions exempted pursuant to Directive (EU) 2015/2366;

(c) account information service providers;

(d) electronic money institutions, including electronic money institutions exempted pursuant to Directive 2009/110/EC;

(e) investment firms;

(f) crypto-asset service providers as authorised under a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in crypto-assets, and amending Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010 and (EU) No 1095/2010 and Directives 2013/36/EU and (EU) 2019/1937 ('the Regulation on markets in crypto-assets') and issuers of asset-referenced tokens;

(g) central securities depositories;

(h) central counterparties;

(i) trading venues;

(j) trade repositories;

(k) managers of alternative investment funds;

(l) management companies;

(m) data reporting service providers;

(n) insurance and reinsurance u

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