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title: "independent member"
type: definition
status: Published
source: "EMIR Article 2, point (28)"
defined_term: "independent member"
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*In force · EMIR Article 2, point (28) · 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

> **(28)** ‘**independent member**’ of the board means a member of the board who has no business, family or other relationship that raises a conflict of interests regarding the CCP concerned or its controlling shareholders, its management or its clearing members, and who has had no such relationship during the five years preceding his membership of the board;

## Source

[EMIR, Article 2, point (28)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02012R0648-20250117).