Article 2 (2)

(a)

competent authorities which are not a relevant competent authority;

(b)

public authorities or bodies officially recognized by national law, which are empowered by national law to supervise financial sector entities, as defined in point 27 of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, which operate in the Member State concerned and which are neither a credit institution nor an investment firm;