For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions apply:
‘financial institution’ means any undertaking that is subject to regulation and supervision pursuant to any of the legislative acts referred to in Article 1(2);
‘financial sector operator’ means an ‘entity’ as referred to in Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2015/849, which is either a financial institution as defined in point (1) of this Article or in point (1) of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 or a ‘financial market participant’ as defined in point (1) of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010;
‘competent authorities’ means:
competent authorities as defined in point (40) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, including the European Central Bank with regard to matters relating to the tasks conferred on it by Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013;
with regard to Directive 2002/65/EC, the authorities and bodies competent for ensuring compliance with the requirements of that Directive by financial institutions;
with regard to Directive (EU) 2015/849, the authorities and bodies that supervise financial sector operators and are competent for ensuring their compliance with the requirements of that Directive;
with regard to deposit guarantee schemes, bodies which administer deposit guarantee schemes pursuant to Directive 2014/49/EU or, where the operation of the deposit guarantee scheme is administered by a private company, the public authority supervising those schemes pursuant to that Directive, and relevant administrative authorities as referred to in that Directive;
with regard to Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council 14 and to Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council 15, the resolution authorities designated in accordance with Article 3 of Directive 2014/59/EU, the Single Resolution Board established by Regulation (EU) No 806/2014, and the Council and the Commission when taking actions under Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014, except where they exercise discretionary powers or make policy choices;
‘competent authorities’ as referred to in Directive 2014/17/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council 16, in Regulation (EU) 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council 17, in Directive (EU) 2015/2366, in Directive 2009/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 18, and in Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council 19;
‘bodies and authorities’ as referred to in Article 20 of Directive 2008/48/EC;