Article 1, Point (5) · ECB/2016/13

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(1) ‘reporting Member State’ means a Member State whose curren…
(2) ‘resident’ has the same meaning as defined in Article 1(4)…
(3) ‘institutional unit’ has the same meaning as defined in pa…
(4) ‘foreign branch’ means an institutional unit which is a le…
(5) ‘legal entity’ means any entity which, under the national…
(6) ‘legal entity identifier’ (LEI) means an alphanumeric refe…
(7) ‘national identifier’ means a commonly used identification…
(8) ‘reporting agent’ means either a legal entity or a foreign…
(9) ‘observed agent’ means an institutional unit whose activit…
(10) ‘counterparty’ means an institutional unit that is a party…
(11) ‘creditor’ means the counterparty bearing the credit risk…
(12) ‘debtor’ means the counterparty which has the unconditiona…
(13) ‘protection provider’ means the counterparty that grants p…
(14) ‘servicer’ means the counterparty responsible for the admi…
(15) ‘national central bank(s)’ or ‘NCB(s)’ means the national…
(16) ‘relevant NCB’ means the NCB of the reporting Member State…
(17) ‘central credit register’ (CCR) means a credit register op…
(18) ‘credit institution’ has the same meaning as defined in Ar…
(19) ‘institution’ has the same meaning as defined in Article 4…
(20) ‘asset’ has the same meaning as defined in paragraph 7.15…
(21) ‘credit risk’ means the risk that a counterparty fails to…
(22) ‘contract’ means a legally binding agreement between two o…
(23) ‘instrument’ means any item specified in the data attribut…
(24) ‘protection’ means an assurance or coverage against a nega…
(25) ‘commitment amount’ means the sum of the data attributes ‘…
(26) ‘on an individual basis’ means with reference to a single…

(5)‘legal entity’ means any entity which, under the national law to which it is subject, can acquire legal rights and obligations;