For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
‘user’, in relation to a securitisation repository, means any of the following:
any entity listed in Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402;
any reporting entity in relation to that securitisation repository;
any other client of the securitisation repository who uses core securitisation services provided by the securitisation repository;
‘reporting entity’ means the entity designated in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402;
‘core securitisation services’ means services for which registration as a securitisation repository is required under Regulation (EU) 2017/2402;
‘ancillary securitisation services’ means services provided by a securitisation repository that are directly related to and arise from the delivery of core securitisation services provided by that securitisation repository;
‘ancillary non-securitisation services’ means services that are neither core securitisation services nor ancillary securitisation services;
the following expressions have the meaning given to that expression in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012:
‘group’;
‘parent undertaking’;
‘subsidiary’;
‘capital’;
‘close links’;
‘board’;
‘senior management’ means the person or persons who effectively direct the business of the securitisation repository, and the executive member or members of its board.