financial contracts

Defined in Article 2, Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD)

Definitions over time (1)

1. 07/01/2020 – today applies on 12/11/2026 Article 2, Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) Scope: Whole act

   For the purposes of this Directive the following definitions apply:

   ‘financial contracts’ includes the following contracts and agreements: securities contracts, including: contracts for the purchase, sale or loan of a security, a group or index of securities; options on a security or group or index of securities; repurchase or reverse repurchase transactions on any such security, group or index; commodities contracts, including: contracts for the purchase, sale or loan of a commodity or group or index of commodities for future delivery; options on a commodity or group or index of commodities; repurchase or reverse repurchase transactions on any such commodity, group or index; futures and forwards contracts, including contracts (other than a commodities contract) for the purchase, sale or transfer of a commodity or property of any other description, service, right or interest for a specified price at a future date; swap agreements, including: swaps and options relating to interest rates; spot or other foreign exchange agreements; currency; an equity index or equity; a debt index or debt; commodity indexes or commodities; weather; emissions or inflation; total return, credit spread or credit swaps; any agreements or transactions that are similar to an agreement referred to in point (i) or (ii) which is the subject of recurrent dealing in the swaps or derivatives markets; inter-bank borrowing agreements where the term of the borrowing is three months or less; master agreements for any of the contracts or agreements referred to in points (a) to (e);

Used in (14 places in 7 provisions on 12/11/2026)

Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) (14 in 7)

Recital 94 · Article 2 · Article 5 · Article 10² · Article 63 · Article 71² · Article 71a⁶