EEA firm

(in accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Act (EEA Passport Rights)) any of the following, if it does not have its head office in the United Kingdom:

1. (a) an investment firm (as defined in article 1(2) of the Investment Services Directive) which is authorised (within the meaning of article 3) by its Home State regulator; which is authorised (within the meaning of article 1) by its Home State regulator;
2. (b) a credit institution
3. (c) a financial institution (as defined in article 1 of the Banking Consolidation Directive) which is a subsidiary of the kind mentioned in article 19 and which fulfils the conditions in articles 18 and 19 ;
4. (d) an undertaking pursuing the activity of direct insurance (within the meaning of article 1of the First Life Directive or of the First Non-Life Directive (No. 73/239/EEC)) which has received authorisation under article 6 from its Home State regulator.
5. (f) (from 13 February 2004) a management company (as defined in article 1a of the UCITS Directive) which has been authorised under article 5 of that directive by its Home State regulator4313.