Article 2This ITS also includes four annexes; dora-info.eu only contains the main text. Please refer to the original source mentioned on the landing page to access the annexes. Ranking of ICT third-party providers in the supply chain

Financial entitiesas defined in Article 2, points (a) to (t) shall assign a rank to each ICT third-party service providermeans an undertaking providing ICT services;. The rank shall be any natural number higher or equal to ‘1’ where the lower the natural number assigned to the rank, the closer the arrangement is to the financial entity.

The rank of the direct ICT third-party service providermeans an undertaking providing ICT services; in the ICT service supply chain shall always be ‘1’.

The rank of the subcontractor in the ICT service supply chain shall always be higher than ‘1’.