For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 shall apply, with the exception of the definitions provided for in points (2) and (11) of that Article. The following definitions shall also apply:
‘participating Member States’ means Member States within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013;
‘annual target level’ means the total amount of annual contributions determined for each contribution period by the Board in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 69(2) of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 to reach the target level referred to in Articles 69(1) and 70 of that Regulation;
‘annual contribution’ means the amount referred to in Article 70(1) of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 calculated by the Board each year and raised by the national resolution authorities during the contribution period from all of the institutions authorised in the territories of all of the participating Member States;
‘contribution period’ means a calendar year;
‘resolution authority of non-participating Member States in the Single Resolution Mechanism’ means the authority referred to in point (18) of Article 2(1) of Directive 2014/59/EU, or any other relevant authority appointed by the Member States for the purposes of Article 100(2) and (6) of Directive 2014/59/EU;
‘covered deposits’ means the deposits referred to in Article 6(1) of Directive 2014/49/EU, excluding temporary high balances as defined in Article 6(2) of that Directive;
‘competent authority’ means a competent authority as defined in point (40) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, or the European Central Bank, as appropriate;