http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/848/article/2Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast)Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast)King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02015R0848-20180726texttext/xmlen2024-07-16Expert Participation2020-12-31 CHAPTER I<Strong>GENERAL PROVISIONS</Strong>DefinitionsArticle 2For the purposes of this Regulation:...“Member State” means a state which is a member of the EU other than Denmark;‘collective investment undertakings’ means undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) as defined in Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and alternative investment funds (AIFs) as defined in Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council;...‘insolvency proceedings’ means the proceedings listed in Article 1(1B) which there is jurisdiction to open under Article 1(1A) and includes interim proceedings;‘insolvency practitioner’ means any person or body whose function, including on an interim basis, is to:verify and admit claims submitted in insolvency proceedings;represent the collective interest of the creditors;administer, either in full or in part, assets of which the debtor has been divested;liquidate the assets referred to in point (iii); orsupervise the administration of the debtor's affairs.The persons and bodies referred to in the first subparagraph are listed in Annex B;‘court’ means:...... the judicial body or any other competent body ... empowered to open insolvency proceedings, to confirm such opening or to take decisions in the course of such proceedings;‘judgment opening insolvency proceedings’ includes:the decision of any court to open insolvency proceedings or to confirm the opening of such proceedings; andthe decision of a court to appoint an insolvency practitioner;‘the time of the opening of proceedings’ means the time at which the judgment opening insolvency proceedings becomes effective, regardless of whether the judgment is final or not;...‘establishment’ means any place of operations where a debtor carries out or has carried out in the 3-month period prior to the request to open ... insolvency proceedings a non-transitory economic activity with human means and assets;............ Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) (OJ L 302, 17.11.2009, p. 32). Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on Alternative Investment Fund Managers and amending Directives 2003/41/EC and 2009/65/EC and Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009 and (EU) No 1095/2010 (OJ L 174, 1.7.2011, p. 1). Art. 2(1A) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Insolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/146), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 3(a) (with regs. 4, 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Art. 2(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Insolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/146), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 3(b) (with regs. 4, 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Art. 2(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Insolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/146), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 3(b) (with regs. 4, 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 2(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Insolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/146), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 3(c) (with regs. 4, 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Art. 2(6)(i) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Insolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/146), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 3(d)(i) (with regs. 4, 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 2(6)(ii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Insolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/146), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 3(d)(ii) (with regs. 4, 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Art. 2(9) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Insolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/146), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 3(e) (with regs. 4, 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Word in Art. 2(10) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Insolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/146), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 3(f) (with regs. 4, 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Art. 2(11)-(14) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Insolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/146), reg. 1(3), Sch. para. 3(g) (with regs. 4, 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)