1.For the purposes of point (b) of Article 7(4) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014, the following operations shall be considered to be composed of several transactions:
operations where one party sells financial instruments for cash (‘first transaction’), with a commitment of the other party to sell equivalent financial instruments to the first party for a price that is determined or determinable (‘second transaction’);
operations where one party transfers financial instruments to another party (‘first transaction’), with a commitment of that other party to return equivalent financial instruments to the first party (‘second transaction’).
2.Where paragraph 1 applies, the buy-in process shall be considered ineffective where the intended settlement date of the second transaction is set within 30 business days after the intended settlement date of the first transaction.