S.L. 345.29 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 345.  Cap. 330.

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Financial Markets Act;

"competent authority" means the Malta Financial

Services Authority established by the Malta Financial Services Authority Act;

"Green Bonds Regulation" means Regulation (EU) 2023/ 2631 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 November 2023 on European Green Bonds and optional disclosures for bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable and for sustainability-linked bonds as may be amended from time to time, and includes any implementing measures that have been or may be issued thereunder;

"issuer" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in paragraph (1) of Article 2 of the Green Bonds Regulation;

"originator" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in paragraph (19) of Article 2 of the Green Bonds Regulation;

(2) (a) Words and expressions used in these regulations which are defined in Article 2 of the Green Bonds Regulation shall have the same meaning assigned to them in the Green Bonds Regulation; and

(b) words and expressions used in the Act which are not defined herein or in Article 2 of the Green Bonds Regulation shall have the same meaning as in the Act.