Definitions

(1) For the purposes of this Act: 1. "securities" means securities within the meaning of Article 2(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129; 2. "public offer of securities" means a communication within the meaning of Article 2(d) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129; 3. "qualified investors" means persons or entities within the meaning of Article 2(e) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129; 4. "credit institution" means a credit institution within the meaning of Article 2(g) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129; 5. "issuer" means a legal entity within the meaning of Article 2(h) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129; 6. "offeror" means a legal entity or natural person within the meaning of Article 2(i) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129; 7. "applicant for admission" means the persons applying for admission to trading on a regulated market; 8. "regulated market" means a regulated market within the meaning of Article 2(j) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129; 9. "advertisement" means a communication within the meaning of Article 2(k) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129; 10. "Bundesanstalt" means the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin); 11. "European Green Bonds" or "EuGB" means bonds within the meaning of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631; 12. "bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable" means bonds within the meaning of Article 2 point 5 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631; 13. "sustainability-linked bonds" means bonds within the meaning of Article 2 point 6 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631; 14. "factsheets" means factsheets within the meaning of Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631; 15. "allocation reports" means allocation reports within the meaning of Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631; 16. "impact reports" means impact reports within the meaning of Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631; 17. "CapEx plans" means CapEx plans within the meaning of Article 2 point 13 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631; 18. "originators" means originators within the meaning of Article 2 point 3 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 laying down a general framework for securitisation and creating a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation, and amending Directives 2009/65/EC, 2009/138/EC and 2011/61/EU and Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009 and (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 347, 28.12.2017, p. 35), as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2021/557 (OJ L 116, 6.4.2021, p. 1); 19. "securitisation special purpose entities" means securitisation special purpose entities within the meaning of Article 2 point 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402; 20. "securitisation bonds" means securitisation bonds within the meaning of Article 2 point 22 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631; 21. "working days" means working days within the meaning of Article 2(t) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129; 22. "external reviewers" means reviewers registered with ESMA under Article 22(2) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631.
(2) References in this Act to the term "issuer of a European Green Bond" are, in the case of a securitisation bond designated as a "European Green Bond" or "EuGB", also to be understood as references to the terms "originator" or "securitisation special purpose entity".