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Version status: Amended | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 30 June 2009 - onwards
Version 2 of 2

Article 2 Definitions

1. For the purpose of this Directive:

(a) "financial collateral arrangement" means a title transfer financial collateral arrangement or a security financial collateral arrangement whether or not these are covered by a master agreement or general terms and conditions;

(b) "title transfer financial collateral arrangement" means an arrangement, including repurchase agreements, under which a collateral provider transfers full ownership of, or full entitlement to, financial collateral to a collateral taker for the purpose of securing or otherwise covering the performance of relevant financial obligations;

(c) "security financial collateral arrangement" means an arrangement under which a collateral provider provides financial collateral by way of security to or in favour of a collateral taker, and where the full or qualified ownership of, or full entitlement to, the financial collateral remains with the collateral provider when the security right is established;

(d) "cash" means money credited to an account in any currency, or similar claims for the repayment of money, such as money market deposits;