1. In addition to complying with the requirements under Article 84, where a CSD is a  requesting CSD that uses an indirect link or an intermediary to operate a CSD link, it shall ensure that:

(a) the intermediary is one of the following:

(i) a credit institution with permission to accept deposits under Part 4A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 that complies with the following requirements:

- it complies with Article 38(5) and (6) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 or with segregation and disclosure requirements at least equivalent to those laid down in Article 38(5) and (6) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 where the link is established with a third-country CSD,

- it ensures prompt access by the requesting CSD to the securities of the requesting CSD when required,

- it has low credit risk, which shall be established in an internal assessment by the requesting CSD by employing a defined and objective methodology that does not exclusively rely on external opinions;

(ii) a third-country financial institution that complies with the following requirements:

- it is subject to and complies with prudential rules at least equivalent to those laid down in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013,