Operational principles for oversight


The exercise of the oversight should be guided by three operational principles seeking to ensure: (a) close coordination among the ESAsEuropean Supervisory Authority in their Lead Overseermeans the European Supervisory Authority appointed in accordance with Article 31(1), point (b) of this Regulation; roles, through a joint oversight network (JONJoint Oversight Network ), (b) consistency with the framework established by Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (through a voluntary consultation of bodies under that Directive to avoid duplication of measures directed at critical ICT third-party service providersmeans an ICT third-party service provider designated as critical in accordance with Article 31;), and (c) applying diligence to minimise the potential risk of disruption to services provided by the critical ICT third-party service providersmeans an ICT third-party service provider designated as critical in accordance with Article 31; to customers that are entities falling outside the scope of this Regulation.