NIS 2 Directive Annex 1 – Sectors of high criticality
| Sector | Subsector | Type of entity |
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| 1. Energy | (a) Electricity |
— Electricity undertakings as defined in Article 2, point (57), of Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council, which carry out the function of ‘supply’ as defined in Article 2, point (12), of that Directive — Distribution system operators as defined in Article 2, point (29), of Directive (EU) 2019/944 — Transmission system operators as defined in Article 2, point (35), of Directive (EU) 2019/944 — Producers as defined in Article 2, point (38), of Directive (EU) 2019/944 — Nominated electricity market operators as defined in Article 2, point (8), of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council — Market participants as defined in Article 2, point (25), of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 providing aggregation, demand response or energy storage services as defined in Article 2, points (18), (20) and (59), of Directive (EU) 2019/944 — Operators of a recharging point that are responsible for the management and operation of a recharging point, which provides a recharging service to end users, including in the name and on behalf of a mobility service provider |
| (b) District heating and cooling | — Operators of district heating or district cooling as defined in Article 2, point (19), of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council | |
| (c) Oil |
— Operators of oil transmission pipelines — Operators of oil production, refining and treatment facilities, storage and transmission — Central stockholding entities as defined in Article 2, point (f), of Council Directive 2009/119/EC |
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| (d) Gas |
— Supply undertakings as defined in Article 2, point (8), of Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council — Distribution system operators as defined in Article 2, point (6), of Directive 2009/73/EC — Transmission system operators as defined in Article 2, point (4), of Directive 2009/73/EC — Storage system operators as defined in Article 2, point (10), of Directive 2009/73/EC — LNG system operators as defined in Article 2, point (12), of Directive 2009/73/EC — Natural gas undertakings as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Directive 2009/73/EC — Operators of natural gas refining and treatment facilities |
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| (e) Hydrogen | — Operators of hydrogen production, storage and transmission | |
| 2. Transport | (a) Air |
— Air carriers as defined in Article 3, point (4), of Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 used for commercial purposes — Airport managing bodies as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Directive 2009/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, airports as defined in Article 2, point (1), of that Directive, including the core airports listed in Section 2 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and entities operating ancillary installations contained within airports — Traffic management control operators providing air traffic control (ATC) services as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council |
| (b) Rail |
— Infrastructure managers as defined in Article 3, point (2), of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council — Railway undertakings as defined in Article 3, point (1), of Directive 2012/34/EU, including operators of service facilities as defined in Article 3, point (12), of that Directive |
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| (c) Water |
— Inland, sea and coastal passenger and freight water transport companies, as defined for maritime transport in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 725/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, not including the individual vessels operated by those companies — Managing bodies of ports as defined in Article 3, point (1), of Directive 2005/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, including their port facilities as defined in Article 2, point (11), of Regulation (EC) No 725/2004, and entities operating works and equipment contained within ports — Operators of vessel traffic services (VTS) as defined in Article 3, point (o), of Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council |
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| (d) Road |
— Road authorities as defined in Article 2, point (12), of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/962 responsible for traffic management control, excluding public entities for which traffic management or the operation of intelligent transport systems is a non-essential part of their general activity — Operators of Intelligent Transport Systems as defined in Article 4, point (1), of Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council |
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| 3. Banking | Credit institutions as defined in Article 4, point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council | |
| 4. Financial market infrastructures |
— Operators of trading venues as defined in Article 4, point (24), of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council — Central counterparties (CCPs) as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council |
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| 5. Health |
— Healthcare providers as defined in Article 3, point (g), of Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council — EU reference laboratories referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 of the European Parliament and of the Council — Entities carrying out research and development activities of medicinal products as defined in Article 1, point (2), of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council — Entities manufacturing basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations referred to in section C division 21 of NACE Rev. 2 — Entities manufacturing medical devices considered to be critical during a public health emergency (public health emergency critical devices list) within the meaning of Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2022/123 of the European Parliament and of the Council |
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| 6. Drinking water | Suppliers and distributors of water intended for human consumption as defined in Article 2, point (1)(a), of Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council, excluding distributors for which distribution of water for human consumption is a non-essential part of their general activity of distributing other commodities and goods | |
| 7. Waste water | Undertakings collecting, disposing of or treating urban waste water, domestic waste water or industrial waste water as defined in Article 2, points (1), (2) and (3), of Council Directive 91/271/EEC, excluding undertakings for which collecting, disposing of or treating urban waste water, domestic waste water or industrial waste water is a non-essential part of their general activity | |
| 8. Digital infrastructure |
— Internet Exchange Point providers — DNS service providers, excluding operators of root name servers — TLD name registries — Cloud computing service providers — Data centre service providers — Content delivery network providers — Trust service providers — Providers of public electronic communications networks — Providers of publicly available electronic communications services |
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| 9. ICT service management (business-to-business) |
— Managed service providers — Managed security service providers |
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| 10. Public administration |
— Public administration entities of central governments as defined by a Member State in accordance with national law — Public administration entities at regional level as defined by a Member State in accordance with national law |
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| 11. Space | — Operators of ground-based infrastructure, owned, managed and operated by Member States or by private parties, that support the provision of space-based services, excluding providers of public electronic communications networks |