For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:
‘review period’ means the period under review beginning on the day following the end of the previous review and evaluation period;
‘settlement instruction’ means a transfer order as defined in point (i) of Article 2 of Directive 98/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 4;
‘settlement restriction’ means the blocking, reservation or earmarking of securities that make them unavailable for settlement, or the blocking or reservation of cash that make it unavailable for settlement;
‘exchange-traded fund’ (ETF) means a fund as defined in point (46) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council 5;
‘issuer CSD’ means a CSD which provides the core service referred to in point 1 or 2 of Section A of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 in relation to a securities issue;
‘investor CSD’ means a CSD that either is a participant in the securities settlement system operated by another CSD or that uses a third party or an intermediary that is a participant in the securities settlement system operated by another CSD in relation to a securities issue;
‘durable medium’ means any instrument which enables the storage of information in a way that is accessible for future reference for a period of time adequate for the purposes of the information, and allows the unchanged reproduction of the information stored.