Article 121 Protection de la confidentialité

Summary What does Article 121 of the MiCA regulation say?

This is a brief but important limiting article that places a clear boundary on EBA's supervisory powers.

It acts as a constraint on the investigatory and information-gathering powers granted to EBA under Articles 122 to 125, establishing that those powers cannot be used to compel the disclosure of legally privileged information.

Important points:

EBA's powers under Articles 122 to 125 do not extend to requiring disclosure of information subject to legal privilege.
This limitation applies not only to EBA itself but also to any official or person authorised by EBA to act on its behalf.
This is a protective carve-out, not a general rule — it exists solely to define the outer boundary of EBA's investigatory reach.

Springlex's summary of the article, a reading aid, not a substitute for the legal text.

Les pouvoirs conférés à l’ABE par les articles 122 à 125, ou à tout agent de l’ABE ou toute autre personne mandatée par l’ABE, ne peuvent être employés pour demander la divulgation d’informations relevant de la protection de la confidentialité.

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