| Assessment | means a final decision of a competent authority on the suitability of a person of interest in accordance with Union sectoral provisions, which would be either an approval, including a tacit approval, or rejection, including a tacit rejection, including at the point of authorisation. means a digital platform established jointly by the EBA, EIOPA and ESMA in accordance with |
| ESAs Information System | Articles 31a of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010, Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 and Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010. means the set of rules, specifications, |
| ESAs Information System operating rules | arrangements, processes and procedures for the use of the ESAs Information System by competent authorities, including but not limited to technical specifications, language arrangements, access rights and their management. means authorities as defined in Articles 4(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 and Regulation |
| Competent authorities | (EU) No 1094/2010 and in Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010. means a financial institution referred to in Articles 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 |
| Financial institution and financial market participant | and Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 and a financial market participant referred to in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010. mean provisions of the legal acts referred to in Articles 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010, Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 and Regulation |
| Union sectoral provisions | (EU) No 1095/2010 on the exchange of information relevant to the assessment of the fitness and propriety of persons of interest. means a request for information relevant to the assessment of the fitness and propriety of a holder of (a) qualifying holding(s), director or key function holder of a financial institution |
| Request for information | and a financial market participant in accordance with the Union sectoral provisions submitted through the ESAs Information System by an assessing authority consistent with these Guidelines. means a competent authority submitting a |
| Requesting authority | request for information. means a competent authority receiving a |
| Requested authority | request for information. means a natural or legal person assessed or to |
| Person of interest | be assessed for the fitness and propriety of a holder of (a) qualifying holding(s), a director or a key function holder of financial institutions and financial market participants in accordance with Union sectoral provisions. means the retraction by the applicant of any |
| Withdrawal of application | explicit or tacit application or notification for an assessment process before a decision has been taken by the competent authority. |