These Guidelines are addressed to Competent Authorities as defined in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 which are also Competent Authorities as referred to in Article 5 of Directive 2014/17/EU and Article 21 of Directive 2021/2167.8
8 Directive (EU) 2021/2167 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2021 on credit servicers and credit purchasers and amending Directives 2008/48/EC and 2014/17/EU ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2021/2167/oj