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  • 3 July 2025

European Blockchain Sandbox announces the regulators and authorities involved in the third cohort

The third cohort of use cases for the European Blockchain Sandbox represent a cross-regional spread of different innovative blockchain applications, including those combined with other technologies such as IoT and AI. Since the selection was announced, the European Blockchain Sandbox Team, has been busy speaking with regulators and authorities across the EU/EEA to identify the most relevant participants for the cohort 3 dialogues.

The team, led by Bird & Bird and their consulting arm OXYGY, has seen significant interest from national and EU level regulators and authorities in being involved in the dialogues for this very interesting cohort. We are very pleased to announce the regulators and authorities who have joined the third cohort thus far:

Regulator/AuthorityCountry
Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information France 
Agencia Española de Protección de DatosSpain
Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolutionFrance
Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques, des Postes et de la Distribution de la PresseFrance
Autorité des marchés financiersFrance
Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM)The Netherlands
Banca d'ItaliaItaly
Banco de EspañaSpain
Bank of GreeceGreece
Banka SlovenijeSlovenia
BundesnetzagenturGermany
Central Bank of CyprusCyprus
Central Bank of IcelandIsland
Česká národní bankaCzech Republic
Comision Nacional del Mercado de ValoresSpain
Comissão do Mercado de Valores MobiliáriosPortugal
Commission nationale pour la protection des donnéesLuxembourg
Commissione Nazionale per le Societa e la BorsaItaly
Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of LithuaniaLithuania
Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC)Ireland
Croatian Financial Services Supervisory AgencyCroatia
De Nederlandsche BankThe Netherlands
Die Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die InformationsfreiheitGermany
Federal Public Service of Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment – DG EnvironmentBelgium
Financial Supervisory Authority RomaniaRomania
FinanstilsynetNorway
FPS Economy, SMEs, Self-Employed and Energy – DG Quality & SafetyBelgium
Hellenic Capital Markets CommissionGreece
Hellenic Data Protection AuthorityGreece
Hellenic Recycle AgencyGreece
Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission (EETT)Greece
KVK Innovation LabThe Netherlands
Latvijas BankaLatvia
Malta Digital Innovation AuthorityMalta
Market Inspectorat of Republic of SloveniaSlovenia
Ministry of the Economy, Tourism and SportSlovenia
Národná banka SlovenskaSlovakia
Nasjonal kommunikasjonsmyndighetNorway
Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság HatóságHungary
Office for Digital InnovationLiechtenstein
Office of the Information and Data Protection CommissionerMalta
The Royal Dutch Association of Civil-law Notaries (KNB)The Netherlands

 

The matching process for the third cohort of dialogues is still ongoing and regulators/authorities interested in joining are invited to reach out to the team at infoatblockchain-sandbox [dot] eu (info[at]blockchain-sandbox[dot]eu)

The dialogues for the third cohort will take place between June - November 2025, followed by the publication of the third cohort  practices report.

For more information about the use cases involved in the third cohort, see our post here.