financial counterparty

Definitions over time (1)

12/01/2016 – 12/08/2022 Article 3, Regulation (EU) 2015/2365 Scope: Whole act

For purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

‘financial counterparty’ means: an investment firm authorised in accordance with Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (^{17}); a credit institution authorised in accordance with Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (^{18}) or with Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013; an insurance undertaking or a reinsurance undertaking authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (^{19}); a UCITS and, where relevant, its management company, authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC; an AIF managed by AIFMs authorised or registered in accordance with Directive 2011/61/EU; an institution for occupational retirement provision authorised or registered in accordance with Directive 2003/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (^{20}); a central counterparty authorised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012; a central securities depository authorised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (^{21}); a third-country entity which would require authorisation or registration in accordance with the legislative acts referred to in points (a) to (h) if it were established in the Union;

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

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