Introduction

Specified equivalent foreign levy2

1

The equivalent foreign levy in respect of which these Regulations are made is the SRF levy.

2

In these Regulations, “SRF levy” means the individual contributions within Article 69 or 70 of the SRM Regulation raised from entities by a national resolution authority and transferred to the single resolution fund (established by the SRM Regulation) in accordance with the Agreement.

3

In this regulation—

  • “Agreement” has the same meaning as in Article 3(1)(36) of the SRM Regulation;

  • “entities” means entities within Article 2 of the SRM Regulation;

  • “national resolution authority” has the same meaning as in Article 3(1)(3) of the SRM Regulation;

  • “the SRM Regulation” mean Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing uniform rules and a uniform procedure for the resolution of credit institutions and certain investment firms in the framework of a Single Resolution Mechanism and a Single Resolution Fund and amending Regulation (EU) No 1093/20102