repurchase agreement

Uses as of 01/07/2012

Definitions over time (1)

20/03/2008 – 01/01/2014 applies on 01/07/2012 Article 3, Directive 2006/49/EC Scope: Whole act

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

‘repurchase agreement’ and ‘reverse repurchase agreement’ mean any agreement in which an institution or its counterparty transfers securities or commodities or guaranteed rights relating to title — to securities or commodities where that guarantee is issued by a recognised exchange which holds the rights to the securities or commodities and the agreement does not allow an institution to transfer or pledge a particular security or commodity to more than one counterparty at one time, subject to a commitment to repurchase them — or substituted securities or commodities of the same description — at a specified price on a future date specified, or to be specified, by the transferor, being a repurchase agreement for the institution selling the securities or commodities and a reverse repurchase agreement for the institution buying them;

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