Considering that Article 31(11) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 grants a limited time period of 6 months from the receipt of the application, it is crucial that the European Banking Authority, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, and European Securities and Markets Authority (collectively European Supervisory Authorities or ESAsEuropean Supervisory Authority), receive a voluntary request to be designated as critical from a ICT third-party service provideran undertaking providing ICT services, that is complete. In case the application submitted is not complete, the relevant ESAEuropean Supervisory Authority should reject the application and request the missing information.