List of NIS 2 sectors
Find the list of sectors and subsectors covered by the NIS 2 Directive, as well as the criteria used to determine whether you qualify as an Important Entity or an Essential Entity. To assess whether you are concerned by NIS 2, a dedicated tool allows you to evaluate your eligibility and declare your entity to the relevant Member States.
What are the NIS 2 sectors?
Highly Critical Sectors
- Energy
- Transport
- Banking
- Financial market infrastructures
- Health
- Drinking water
- Wastewater
- Digital infrastructure
- ICT service management
- Public administrations
- Space
Critical Sectors
- Postal and courier services
- Waste management
- Manufacture, production and distribution of chemicals
- Manufacture, production and distribution of food products
- Manufacturing
- Digital providers
- Research
NIS 2 sectors table
Details of NIS 2 sectors and subsectors
Highly Critical Sectors
BANKING SECTOR
Credit institutions within the meaning of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council
ENERGY
- Electricity
- Electricity undertakings within the meaning of Article 2(57) of Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council, which perform the function of “supply” within the meaning of Article 2(12) of that Directive
- Distribution system operators within the meaning of Article 2(29) of Directive (EU) 2019/944
- Transmission system operators within the meaning of Article 2(35) of Directive (EU) 2019/944
- Producers within the meaning of Article 2(38) of Directive (EU) 2019/944
- Nominated electricity market operators within the meaning of Article 2(8) of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council
- Market participants within the meaning of Article 2(25) of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 providing aggregation services, demand response or energy storage within the meaning of Article 2(18), (20) and (59) of Directive (EU) 2019/944
- Operators of charging points responsible for the management and operation of a charging point providing a charging service to end users, including on behalf of and for the account of a mobility service provider
- District heating and cooling:
Operators of district heating or district cooling networks within the meaning of Article 2(19) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council - Oil
- Pipeline operators
- Operators of oil production, refining, processing, storage and transport facilities
- Central stockholding entities within the meaning of Article 2(f) of Council Directive 2009/119/EC
- Gas
- Supply undertakings within the meaning of Article 2(8) of Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
- Distribution system operators within the meaning of Article 2(6) of Directive 2009/73/EC
- Transmission system operators within the meaning of Article 2(4) of Directive 2009/73/EC
- Storage system operators within the meaning of Article 2(10) of Directive 2009/73/EC
- LNG facility operators within the meaning of Article 2(12) of Directive 2009/73/EC
- Natural gas undertakings within the meaning of Article 2(1) of Directive 2009/73/EC
- Operators of natural gas refining and processing facilities
TRANSPORT
- Air transport
- Air carriers within the meaning of Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 300/2008, used for commercial purposes
- Airport managing bodies within the meaning of Article 2(2) of Directive 2009/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and airports within the meaning of Article 2(1) of that Directive, including core network airports listed in Annex II, Section 2, of the relevant EU regulation
- Air traffic control services within the meaning of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council
- Rail transport
- Infrastructure managers within the meaning of Article 3(2) of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
- Railway undertakings within the meaning of Article 3(1) of Directive 2012/34/EU, including service facility operators within the meaning of Article 3(12) of that Directive
- Water transport
- Inland waterway, maritime and coastal passenger and freight transport companies, as defined for the maritime transport sector in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 725/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, excluding vessels operated individually by those companies
- Port managing bodies within the meaning of Article 3(1) of Directive 2005/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, including port facilities within the meaning of Article 2(11) of Regulation (EC) No 725/2004, as well as entities operating infrastructure and equipment within ports
- Operators of vessel traffic services (VTS) within the meaning of Article 3 of Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
- Road transport
- Road authorities within the meaning of Article 2(12) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/962, responsible for traffic management, excluding public entities for which traffic management or the operation of intelligent transport systems represents a non-essential part of their overall activity
- Operators of intelligent transport systems within the meaning of Article 4(1) of Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
FINANCIAL MARKET INFRASTRUCTURES
- Trading venue operators within the meaning of Article 4(24) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
- Central counterparties within the meaning of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council
HEALTH
- Healthcare providers within the meaning of Article 3(g) of Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
- European Union 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 in the field of medicinal products within the meaning of Article 1(2) of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
- Entities manufacturing basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations within the meaning of NACE Rev. 2, Section C, Division 21
- Entities manufacturing medical devices considered critical in the event of a public health emergency, within the meaning of Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2022/123 of the European Parliament and of the Council
DRINKING WATER
Suppliers and distributors of water intended for human consumption within the meaning of Article 2(1)(a) of Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council, excluding distributors for whom the distribution of water intended for human consumption constitutes a non-essential part of their overall activity of distributing other products and goods
WASTEWATER
Undertakings collecting, conveying or treating urban wastewater, domestic wastewater or industrial wastewater within the meaning of Article 2(1), (2) and (3) of Council Directive 91/271/EEC, excluding undertakings for which the collection, conveyance or treatment of urban wastewater, domestic wastewater or industrial wastewater constitutes a non-essential part of their overall activity
DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURES
- Internet exchange point providers
- DNS service providers, excluding operators of root name servers
- Top-level domain 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
ICT SERVICE MANAGEMENT (INTERCOMPANY)
- Managed service providers
- Managed security service providers
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS
- Public administration entities of central government authorities, 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
SPACE
Operators of ground-based infrastructure, owned, managed and operated by Member States or private parties, supporting the provision of space services, excluding providers of public electronic communications networks.
Critical Sectors
POSTAL AND COURIER SERVICES
Postal service providers within the meaning of Article 2(1a) of Directive 97/67/EC, including courier service providers
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Undertakings carrying out waste management operations within the meaning of Article 3(9) of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, excluding undertakings for which waste management is not the main economic activity
MANUFACTURE, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
Undertakings manufacturing substances and distributing substances or mixtures within the meaning of Article 3(9) and (14) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as well as undertakings producing articles within the meaning of Article 3(3) of that Regulation from substances or mixtures
MANUFACTURE, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD PRODUCTS
Food business operators within the meaning of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council, carrying out wholesale distribution activities as well as industrial production and processing activities
MANUFACTURING
- Manufacture of medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices
- Entities manufacturing medical devices within the meaning of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and entities manufacturing in vitro diagnostic medical devices within the meaning of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council, excluding entities manufacturing medical devices referred to in Annex I, point 5, fifth indent, of this Directive
- Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
- Undertakings carrying out one of the economic activities referred to in NACE Rev. 2, Section C, Division 26
- Manufacture of electrical equipment
- Undertakings carrying out one of the economic activities referred to in NACE Rev. 2, Section C, Division 27
- Entities manufacturing basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations within the meaning of NACE Rev. 2, Section C, Division 21
- Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
- Undertakings carrying out one of the economic activities referred to in NACE Rev. 2, Section C, Division 28
- Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
- Undertakings carrying out one of the economic activities referred to in NACE Rev. 2, Section C, Division 29
- Manufacture of other transport equipment
- Undertakings carrying out one of the economic activities referred to in NACE Rev. 2, Section C, Division 30
DIGITAL PROVIDERS
- Online marketplace providers
- Online search engine providers
- Online social networking service platform providers
RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS
Undertakings collecting, conveying or treating urban wastewater, domestic wastewater or industrial wastewater within the meaning of Article 2(1), (2) and (3) of Council Directive 91/271/EEC, excluding undertakings for which the collection, conveyance or treatment of urban wastewater, domestic wastewater or industrial wastewater constitutes a non-essential part of their overall activity
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