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Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC (Text with EEA relevance)

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1.This Directive shall apply to institutions.

2.Article 30 shall apply to local firms.

3.Article 31 shall apply to the firms referred to in point (2)(c) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013.

4.Article 34 and Title VII, Chapter 3 shall apply to financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and mixed-activity holding companies which have their head offices in the Union;

[F15. This Directive shall not apply to the following:

(1)

access to the activity of investment firms in so far as it is regulated by Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) ;

(2)

central banks;

(3)

post office giro institutions;

(4)

in Denmark, the Eksport Kredit Fonden , the Eksport Kredit Fonden A/S , the Danmarks Skibskredit A/S and the KommuneKredit ;

(5)

in Germany, the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau , Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank , Bremer Aufbau-Bank GmbH , Hamburgische Investitions- und Förderbank , Investitionsbank Berlin , Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg , Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein , Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank , Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz , Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg – Förderbank , LfA Förderbank Bayern , NRW.BANK , Saarländische Investitionskreditbank AG , Sächsische Aufbaubank – Förderbank , Thüringer Aufbaubank , undertakings which are recognised under the Wohnungsgemeinnützigkeitsgesetz as bodies of State housing policy and are not mainly engaged in banking transactions, and undertakings recognised under that law as non-profit housing undertakings;

(6)

in Estonia, the hoiu-laenuühistud , as cooperative undertakings that are recognised under the hoiu-laenuühistu seadus ;

(7)

in Ireland, the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, credit unions and friendly societies;

(8)

in Greece, the Ταμείο Παρακαταθηκών και Δανείων (Tamio Parakatathikon kai Danion);

(9)

in Spain, the Instituto de Crédito Oficial ;

(10)

in France, the Caisse des dépôts et consignations ;

(11)

in Croatia, the kreditne unije and the Hrvatska banka za obnovu i razvitak ;

(12)

in Italy, the Cassa depositi e prestiti ;

(13)

in Latvia, the krājaizdevu sabiedrības , undertakings that are recognised under the krājaizdevu sabiedrību likums as cooperative undertakings rendering financial services solely to their members;

(14)

in Lithuania, the kredito unijos other than the centrinės kredito unijos ;

(15)

in Hungary, the MFB Magyar Fejlesztési Bank Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság and the Magyar Export-Import Bank Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság ;

(16)

in Malta, The Malta Development Bank ;

(17)

in the Netherlands, the Nederlandse Investeringsbank voor Ontwikkelingslanden NV , the NV Noordelijke Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij , the NV Limburgs Instituut voor Ontwikkeling en Financiering , the Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij Oost-Nederland NV and kredietunies;

(18)

in Austria, undertakings recognised as housing associations in the public interest and the Österreichische Kontrollbank AG ;

(19)

in Poland, the Spółdzielcze Kasy Oszczędnościowo — Kredytowe and the Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego ;

(20)

in Portugal, the Caixas Económicas existing on 1 January 1986 with the exception of those incorporated as limited companies and of the Caixa Económica Montepio Geral ;

(21)

in Slovenia, the SID-Slovenska izvozna in razvojna banka, d.d. Ljubljana ;

(22)

in Finland, the Teollisen yhteistyön rahasto Oy/Fonden för industriellt samarbete AB , and the Finnvera Oyj/Finnvera Abp ;

(23)

in Sweden, the Svenska Skeppshypotekskassan ;

(24)

in the United Kingdom, National Savings and Investments (NS&I), CDC Group plc, the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Ltd, the Crown Agents for overseas governments and administrations, credit unions and municipal banks.

6. The entities referred to in point (1) and points (3) to (24) of paragraph 5 of this Article shall be treated as financial institutions for the purposes of Article 34 and Chapter 3 of Title VII.]

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