Preamble
Recitals 45
Title I - SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS (Article 1-3) 3
Title II - COMPETENT AUTHORITIES (Article 4-8) 5
Title III - INITIAL CAPITAL (Article 9-11) 3
Title IV - PRUDENTIAL SUPERVISION (Article 12-56) 46
Title V - PUBLICATION BY COMPETENT AUTHORITIES (Article 57) 1
Title VI - DELEGATED ACTS (Article 58) 1
Title VII - AMENDMENTS TO OTHER DIRECTIVES (Article 59-64) 6
Title VIII - FINAL PROVISIONS (Article 65-69) 5
Amending acts 2
- Directive (EU) 2024/2994from 24/12/2024
- Directive (EU) 2023/2864from 09/01/2024

competent authority

Definitions over time (1)

25/12/2019 – 09/01/2024 Article 3, Directive (EU) 2019/2034 Scope: Whole act

1. For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions apply:

‘competent authority’ means a public authority or body of a Member State that is officially recognised and empowered by national law to supervise investment firms in accordance with this Directive, as part of the supervisory system in operation in that Member State;

Each has its own scope, dates and uses. Open one to see when it applies.

No text uses this concept on 12/11/2026.