Annex I - ANNEX I — SECTORS OF HIGH CRITICALITY

Electricity undertakings as defined in Article 2, point (57), of Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council²⁴, 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 Council²⁵

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

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 Council²⁶

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/EC²⁷

Supply undertakings as defined in Article 2, point (8), of Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council²⁸

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

Operators of hydrogen production, storage and transmission

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 Council²⁹, 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 Council³⁰, 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 Council³¹

Infrastructure managers as defined in Article 3, point (2), of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council³²

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

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 Council³³, 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 Council³⁴, 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 Council³⁵

Road authorities as defined in Article 2, point (12), of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/962³⁶ 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 Council³⁷

Operators of trading venues as defined in Article 4, point (24), of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council³⁹

Central counterparties (CCPs) as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council⁴⁰

Healthcare providers as defined in Article 3, point (g), of Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council⁴¹

EU reference laboratories referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 of the European Parliament and of the Council⁴²

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 Council⁴³

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 Council⁴⁴

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

Managed service providers

Managed security service providers

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