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Defined in Article 4, Directive 2014/65/EU (MIFID II)

Definitions over time (3)

1. 01/01/2022 – today applies on 12/11/2026 Article 4, Directive 2014/65/EU (MIFID II) Scope: Whole act

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

   ‘home Member State’ means: in the case of investment firms: if the investment firm is a natural person, the Member State in which its head office is situated; if the investment firm is a legal person, the Member State in which its registered office is situated; if the investment firm has, under its national law, no registered office, the Member State in which its head office is situated; in the case of a regulated market, the Member State in which the regulated market is registered or, if under the law of that Member State it has no registered office, the Member State in which the head office of the regulated market is situated;

2. 31/12/2019 – 01/01/2022 Article 4, Directive 2014/65/EU (MIFID II) Scope: Whole act

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

   ‘home Member State’ means: in the case of investment firms: if the investment firm is a natural person, the Member State in which its head office is situated; if the investment firm is a legal person, the Member State in which its registered office is situated; if the investment firm has, under its national law, no registered office, the Member State in which its head office is situated; in the case of a regulated market, the Member State in which the regulated market is registered or, if under the law of that Member State it has no registered office, the Member State in which the head office of the regulated market is situated; in the case of an APA, a CTP or an ARM: if the APA, CTP or ARM is a natural person, the Member State in which its head office is situated; if the APA, CTP or ARM is a legal person, the Member State in which its registered office is situated; if the APA, CTP or ARM has, under its national law, no registered office, the Member State in which its head office is situated;

3. 17/09/2014 – 01/07/2016 Article 4, Directive 2014/65/EU (MIFID II) Scope: Whole act

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

   ‘home Member State’ means: in the case of investment firms: if the investment firm is a natural person, the Member State in which its head office is situated; if the investment firm is a legal person, the Member State in which its registered office is situated; if the investment firm has, under its national law, no registered office, the Member State in which its head office is situated; in the case of a regulated market, the Member State in which the regulated market is registered or, if under the law of that Member State it has no registered office, the Member State in which the head office of the regulated market is situated; in the case of an APA, a CTP or an ARM: if the APA, CTP or ARM is a natural person, the Member State in which its head office is situated; if the APA, CTP or ARM is a legal person, the Member State in which its registered office is situated; if the APA, CTP or ARM has, under its national law, no registered office, the Member State in which its head office is situated;

Used in (73 places in 22 provisions on 12/11/2026)

Directive 2014/65/EU (MIFID II) (73 in 22)

Recital 37 · Recital 46² · Recital 48 · Recital 90 · Recital 162² · Article 3 · Article 4² · Article 5 · Article 6 · Article 16² · Article 17⁷ · Article 33³ · Article 34¹⁴ · Article 35¹⁷ · Article 36 · Article 44 · Article 48 · Article 53³ · Article 56 · Article 80 · Article 86⁸ · Article 92²