Article 3 (5)

(a)

a credit institution as defined in Article 4(1), point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (27);

(b)

an investment firm as defined in Article 4(1), point (1), of Directive 2014/65/EU;

(c)

an AIFM as defined in Article 4(1), point (b), of Directive 2011/61/EU, including a manager of a qualifying venture capital fund as defined in Article 3, point (c), of Regulation (EU) No 345/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (28), a manager of a qualifying social entrepreneurship fund as defined in Article 3, point (c), of Regulation (EU) No 346/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (29) and a manager of the ELTIF as defined in Article 2, point (12), of Regulation (EU) 2015/760 of the European Parliament and of the Council (30);

(d)

a management company as defined in Article 2(1), point (b), of Directive 2009/65/EC;

(e)

an insurance undertaking as defined in Article 13, point (1), of Directive 2009/138/EC;

(f)

a reinsurance undertaking as defined in Article 13, point (4), of Directive 2009/138/EC;

(g)

an institution for occupational retirement provision as defined in Article 6, point (1), of Directive (EU) 2016/2341;

(h)

a pension institution operating pension schemes which are considered to be social security schemes covered by Regulations (EC) No 883/2004 and (EC) No 987/2009 (31) of the European Parliament and of the Council, and any legal entity set up for the purpose of investment of such social security schemes;

(i)

an alternative investment fund, as defined in Article 4(1), point (a), of Directive 2011/61/EU, supervised under the applicable national law;

(j)

a UCITS as defined in Article 1(2) of Directive 2009/65/EC;

(k)

a central counterparty as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (32);

(l)

a central securities depository as defined in Article 2(1), point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (33);

(m)

an insurance or reinsurance special purpose vehicle authorised in accordance with Article 211 of Directive 2009/138/EC;

(n)

a securitisation special purpose entity as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council (34);

(o)

an insurance holding company as defined in Article 212(1), point (f), of Directive 2009/138/EC or a mixed financial holding company as defined in Article 212(1), point (h), of Directive 2009/138/EC, which is part of an insurance group that is subject to supervision at the level of the group pursuant to Article 213 of that Directive and which is not exempted from group supervision pursuant to Article 214(2) of that Directive;

(p)

a financial holding company as defined in Article 4(1), point (20), of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013;

(q)

a payment institution as defined in Article 4, point (4), of Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council (35);

(r)

an electronic money institution as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Directive 2009/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (36);

(s)

a crowdfunding service provider as defined in Article 2(1), point (e), of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503;

(t)

a crypto-asset service provider as defined in Article 3(1), point (15), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 when performing one or more crypto-asset services as defined in Article 3(1), point (16), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114;

(u)

a trade repository as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012;

(v)

a securitisation repository as defined in Article 2, point (23), of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402;

(w)

an administrator of benchmarks as defined in Article 3(1), point (6), of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011;

(x)

a credit rating agency as defined in Article 3(1), point (b), of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009;