Article 46 Competent authorities

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for credit institutions means 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 (^32^); Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 1). and for institutions exempted pursuant to Directive 2013/36/EU means an entity as referred to in Article 2(5), points (4) to (23), of Directive 2013/36/EU;, the competent authorityas defined in Article 46 designated in accordance with Article 4 of that Directive, and for credit institutions means 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 (^32^); Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 1). classified as significant in accordance with Article 6(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013, the ECB in accordance with the powers and tasks conferred by that Regulation;

for payment institutions means a payment institution as defined in Article 4, point (4), of Directive (EU) 2015/2366;, including payment institutions means a payment institution as defined in Article 4, point (4), of Directive (EU) 2015/2366; exempted pursuant to Directive (EU) 2015/2366, electronic money institutions means an electronic money institution as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Directive 2009/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council;, including those exempted pursuant to Directive 2009/110/EC, and account information service providers means an account information service provider as referred to in Article 33(1) of Directive (EU) 2015/2366; as referred to in Article 33(1) of Directive (EU) 2015/2366, the competent authorityas defined in Article 46 designated in accordance with Article 22 of Directive (EU) 2015/2366;

for investment firms means an investment firm as defined in Article 4(1), point (1), of Directive 2014/65/EU;, the competent authorityas defined in Article 46 designated in accordance with Article 4 of Directive (EU) 2019/2034 of the European Parliament and of the Council (³⁸)Directive (EU) 2019/2034 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on the prudential supervision of investment firms and amending Directives 2002/87/EC, 2009/65/EC, 2011/61/EU, 2013/36/EU, 2014/59/EU and 2014/65/EU (OJ L 314, 5.12.2019, p. 64).;

for crypto-asset service providers means a crypto-asset service provider as defined in the relevant provision of the Regulation on markets in crypto-assets; as authorised under the Regulation on markets in crypto-assets and issuers of asset-referenced tokens means an issuer of asset-referenced tokens as defined in the relevant provision of the Regulation on markets in crypto-assets;, the competent authorityas defined in Article 46 designated in accordance with the relevant provision of that Regulation;

for central securities depositories means a central securities depository as defined in Article 2(1), point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014;, the competent authorityas defined in Article 46 designated in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014;

for central counterparties means a central counterparty as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012;, the competent authorityas defined in Article 46 designated in accordance with Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012;

for trading venues means a trading venue as defined in Article 4(1), point (24), of Directive 2014/65/EU; and data reporting service providers means a data reporting service provider within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014, as referred to in Article 2(1), points (34) to (36) thereof;, the competent authorityas defined in Article 46 designated in accordance with Article 67 of Directive 2014/65/EU, and the competent authorityas defined in Article 46 as defined in Article 2(1), point (18), of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014;

for trade repositories means a trade repository as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012;, the competent authorityas defined in Article 46 designated in accordance with Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012;

for managers of alternative investment funds means a manager of alternative investment funds as defined in Article 4(1), point (b), of Directive 2011/61/EU;, the competent authorityas defined in Article 46 designated in accordance with Article 44 of Directive 2011/61/EU;

for management companies means a management company as defined in Article 2(1), point (b), of Directive 2009/65/EC;, the competent authorityas defined in Article 46 designated in accordance with Article 97 of Directive 2009/65/EC;

for insurance and reinsurance undertakings means a reinsurance undertaking as defined in Article 13, point (4), of Directive 2009/138/EC;, the competent authorityas defined in Article 46 designated in accordance with Article 30 of Directive 2009/138/EC;

for insurance intermediaries means an insurance intermediary as defined in Article 2(1), point (3), of Directive (EU) 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (^34^); Directive (EU) 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 January 2016 on insurance distribution (OJ L 26, 2.2.2016, p. 19)., reinsurance intermediaries means a reinsurance intermediary as defined in Article 2(1), point (5), of Directive (EU) 2016/97; and ancillary insurance intermediaries means an ancillary insurance intermediary as defined in Article 2(1), point (4), of Directive (EU) 2016/97;, the competent authorityas defined in Article 46 designated in accordance with Article 12 of Directive (EU) 2016/97;

for institutions for occupational retirement provision means an institution for occupational retirement provision as defined in Article 6, point (1), of Directive (EU) 2016/2341;, the competent authorityas defined in Article 46 designated in accordance with Article 47 of Directive (EU) 2016/2341;

for credit rating agencies means a credit rating agency as defined in Article 3(1), point (b), of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009;, the competent authorityas defined in Article 46 designated in accordance with Article 21 of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009;

for administrators of critical benchmarks means an administrator of ‘critical benchmarks’ as defined in Article 3(1), point (25), of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011;, the competent authorityas defined in Article 46 designated in accordance with Articles 40 and 41 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011;

for crowdfunding service providers means a crowdfunding service provider as defined in Article 2(1), point (e), of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of the European Parliament and of the Council (^35^); Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 October 2020 on European crowdfunding service providers for business, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 and Directive (EU) 2019/1937 (OJ L 347, 20.10.2020, p. 1)., the competent authorityas defined in Article 46 designated in accordance with Article 29 of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503;

for securitisation repositories means a securitisation repository as defined in Article 2, point (23), of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council (^36^); Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 laying down a general framework for securitisation and creating a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation, and amending Directives 2009/65/EC, 2009/138/EC and 2011/61/EU and Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009 and (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 347, 28.12.2017, p. 35)., the competent authorityas defined in Article 46 designated in accordance with Articles 10 and 14(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402.