central securities depositoriesmeans legal persons as defined in point 1 of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and subject to the obligations set out in paragraphs 8 to 12 of Article 5a of Regulation (EU) No 833/2014;
financial contributionmeans the financial contribution referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 5a(9) of Regulation (EU) No 833/2014;
interim financial reportmeans the interim financial report referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 5a(11) of Regulation (EU) No 833/2014;
national supervisory authoritiesmeans the authorities designated by a Member State pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 responsible for supervising the central securities depositories as defined in point 1;
statutory auditmeans an audit of annual financial statements or consolidated financial statements as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.