Article 6 Identification of critical entities
1. By 17 July 2026, each Member State shall identify the critical entities for the sectors and subsectors set out in the Annex.
2. When a Member State identifies critical entities pursuant to paragraph 1, it shall take into account the outcomes of its Member State risk assessment and its strategy and shall apply all of the following criteria:
(a) the entity provides one or more essential services;
(b) the entity operates, and its critical infrastructure is located, on the territory of that Member State; and
(c) an incident would have significant disruptive effects, as determined in accordance with Article 7(1), on the provision by the entity of one or more essential services or on the provision of other essential services in the sectors set out in the Annex that depend on that or those essential services.