(7)It is necessary that certain personal data are recorded by crypto-asset service providers to identify their clients or other natural persons relevant for orders or transactions in crypto-assets, as these data are fundamental to ensure efficient supervision by competent authorities, including in the area of market abuse. For all instances of identifying natural persons, this is to be done by following the level of prioritization of the different identifiers detailed in Annex II of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/590 4 .
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- 4 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/590 of 28 July 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the reporting of transactions to competent authorities ( OJ L 87, 31.3.2017, p. 449 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2017/590/oj ). ↩