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title: "competent authority"
type: definition
status: Published
source: "EMIR Article 2, point (13)"
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*In force · EMIR Article 2, point (13) · Consolidated version of 17 January 2025 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02012R0648-20250117)*

## Definition

> **(13)** ‘**competent authority**’ means the competent authority referred to in the legislation referred to in point (8) of this Article, the competent authority referred to in Article 10(5) or the authority designated by each Member State in accordance with Article 22;

## Source

[EMIR, Article 2, point (13)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02012R0648-20250117).