(44)When a credit purchaser, or its representative designated in accordance with this Directive, is required to appoint a credit servicer, or a credit institution, or a non-credit institution supervised by a competent authority of a Member State in accordance with Directive 2008/48/EC or with Directive 2014/17/EU, and opts to manage and enforce itself the rights and obligations related to a creditor’s rights under a non-performing credit agreement, or the non-performing credit agreement itself, the credit purchaser, or its representative designated in accordance with this Directive, is considered to be a credit servicer, and should therefore be authorised under this Directive.