1) — Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April…

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Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in financial instruments amending Council Directives 85/611/EEC and 93/6/EEC and Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 93/22/EEC · European Union

Article 2(2) shall be replaced by the following: "2. Investment firms shall mean all institutions that satisfy the definition in Article 4(1) of Directive 2004//EC(34) of the European Parliament and of the Council of... on markets in financial instruments(35), which are subject to the requirements imposed by the same Directive, excluding: credit institutions, local firms as defined in 20, and firms which are only authorised to provide the service of investment advice and/or receive and transmit orders from investors without in both cases holding money or securities belonging to their clients and which for that reason may not at any time place themselves in debit with their clients."

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-09 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.