customs authoritiesmeans the customs authorities as defined in Article 5, point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and the competent authorities as defined in Article 2(1), point (g), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
draft national measuremeans the text of an act, whichever its form, which, once enacted, will have legal effect, the text being at a stage of preparation at which substantial amendments can still be made;
financial supervisormeans a supervisor in charge of credit institutions and financial institutions;
home Member Statemeans the Member State where the registered office of the obliged entity is located or, if the obliged entity has no registered office, the Member State in which its head office is located;
host Member Statemeans a Member State, other than the home Member State, in which the obliged entity operates an establishment, such as a subsidiary or a branch, or where the obliged entity operates under the freedom to provide services through an infrastructure;
non-financial sectormeans the obliged entities listed in Article 3, point (3), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1624;
non-financial supervisormeans a supervisor in charge of the non-financial sector;
obliged entitymeans a natural or legal person listed in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 that is not exempted in accordance with Article 4, 5, 6 or 7 of that Regulation;
securitiesmeans financial instruments as defined in Article 4(1), point (15), of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council.
securities accountmeans a securities account as defined in Article 2(1), point (28), of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council;