- bond marketed as environmentally sustainable
means a bond whose issuer provides investors with a commitment or any form of pre-contractual claim that the bond proceeds are allocated to economic activities that contribute to an environmental objective;
- CapEx plan
means a CapEx plan as provided for in point 1.1.2.2, point (b), and point 1.1.3.2, point (b), of Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178;
- enabling economic activity
means an economic activity that complies with Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852;
- financial asset
means debt or equity, or a combination thereof;
- home Member State
means a home Member State as defined in Article 2, point (m), of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129;
- host Member State
means a host Member State as defined in Article 2, point (n), of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129;
- issuance costs
means costs that are directly related to the issuance of bonds, including costs incurred for professional advice, legal services, rating, external review, underwriting and placement;
- issuer
means an entity that issues bonds;
- made available to investors in the Union
means:
- offer to the public
means an offer of securities to the public as defined in Article 2, point (d), of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129;
- originator
means an originator as defined in Article 2, point (3), of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402;
- regulated market
means a regulated market as defined in Article 4(1), point (21), of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- securitisation
means securitisation as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402;
- securitisation bond
means a bond issued by an SSPE in accordance with Title II, Chapter 3;
- securitised exposure
means an exposure included in a securitisation;
- sovereign
means an entity referred to in Article 1(2), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129;
- SSPE
means a securitisation special purpose entity or SSPE as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402;
- sustainability-linked bond
means a bond whose financial or structural characteristics vary depending on the achievement by the issuer of predefined environmental sustainability objectives;
- synthetic securitisation
means a synthetic securitisation as defined in Article 2, point (10), of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402;
- taxonomy requirements
means the criteria for environmentally sustainable economic activities set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852;
- technical screening criteria
means the technical screening criteria set out in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 10(3), 11(3), 12(2), 13(2), 14(2) or 15(2) of Regulation (EU) 2020/852;
- trading venue
means a trading venue as defined in Article 4(1), point (24), of Directive 2014/65/EU;
- transitional economic activity
means an economic activity that complies with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EU) 2020/852;