Directive 2009/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Directive 2009/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on the taking up, pursuit and prudential supervision of the business of electronic money institutions amending Directives 2005/60/EC and 2006/48/EC and repealing Directive 2000/46/EC (Text with EEA relevance)

Article 20U.K.Amendments to Directive 2006/48/EC

Directive 2006/48/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1.

Article 4 is amended as following:

(a)

point 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.

“credit institution” means an undertaking the business of which is to receive deposits or other repayable funds from the public and to grant credits for its own account;

(b)

point 5 is replaced by the following:

‘5.

“financial institution” means an undertaking other than a credit institution, the principal activity of which is to acquire holdings or to pursue one or more of the activities listed in points 2 to 12 and 15 of Annex I.;

2.

the following point is added to Annex I:

‘15.

Issuing electronic money..