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Definitions from MiFID II [Article 4](https://www.headlesslaw.com/mica/articles/4) and Annex II that MiCA incorporates or that are needed to resolve an incorporated definition. * [agricultural commodity derivatives](/definitions/mifid-ii/agricultural-commodity-derivatives.md) * [algorithmic trading](/definitions/mifid-ii/algorithmic-trading.md) * [ancillary services](/definitions/mifid-ii/ancillary-services.md) * [branch](/definitions/mifid-ii/branch.md) * [C6 energy derivative contracts](/definitions/mifid-ii/c6-energy-derivative-contracts.md) * [CCP](/definitions/mifid-ii/ccp.md) * [central securities depository](/definitions/mifid-ii/central-securities-depository.md) * [certificates](/definitions/mifid-ii/certificates.md) * [client](/definitions/mifid-ii/client.md) * [close links](/definitions/mifid-ii/close-links.md) * [commodity derivatives](/definitions/mifid-ii/commodity-derivatives.md) * [competent authority](/definitions/mifid-ii/competent-authority.md) * [control](/definitions/mifid-ii/control.md) * [credit institution](/definitions/mifid-ii/credit-institution.md) * [cross-selling practice](/definitions/mifid-ii/cross-selling-practice.md) * [dealing on own account](/definitions/mifid-ii/dealing-on-own-account.md) * [depositary receipts](/definitions/mifid-ii/depositary-receipts.md) * [derivatives](/definitions/mifid-ii/derivatives.md) * [direct electronic access](/definitions/mifid-ii/direct-electronic-access.md) * [durable medium](/definitions/mifid-ii/durable-medium.md) * [electronic format](/definitions/mifid-ii/electronic-format.md) * [exchange-traded fund](/definitions/mifid-ii/exchange-traded-fund.md) * [execution of orders on behalf of clients](/definitions/mifid-ii/execution-of-orders-on-behalf-of-clients.md) * [financial instrument](/definitions/mifid-ii/financial-instrument.md) * [group](/definitions/mifid-ii/group.md) * [high-frequency algorithmic trading technique](/definitions/mifid-ii/high-frequency-algorithmic-trading-technique.md) * [home Member State](/definitions/mifid-ii/home-member-state.md) * [host Member State](/definitions/mifid-ii/host-member-state.md) * [investment advice](/definitions/mifid-ii/investment-advice.md) * [investment firm](/definitions/mifid-ii/investment-firm.md) * [investment services and activities](/definitions/mifid-ii/investment-services-and-activities.md) * [limit order](/definitions/mifid-ii/limit-order.md) * [liquid market](/definitions/mifid-ii/liquid-market.md) * [make-whole clause](/definitions/mifid-ii/make-whole-clause.md) * [management body](/definitions/mifid-ii/management-body.md) * [market maker](/definitions/mifid-ii/market-maker.md) * [market operator](/definitions/mifid-ii/market-operator.md) * [matched principal trading](/definitions/mifid-ii/matched-principal-trading.md) * [money-market instruments](/definitions/mifid-ii/money-market-instruments.md) * [multilateral system](/definitions/mifid-ii/multilateral-system.md) * [multilateral trading facility](/definitions/mifid-ii/multilateral-trading-facility.md) * [organised trading facility](/definitions/mifid-ii/organised-trading-facility.md) * [parent undertaking](/definitions/mifid-ii/parent-undertaking.md) * [portfolio management](/definitions/mifid-ii/portfolio-management.md) * [predominantly commercial group](/definitions/mifid-ii/predominantly-commercial-group.md) * [professional client](/definitions/mifid-ii/professional-client.md) * [qualified investors](/definitions/mifid-ii/qualified-investors.md) * [qualifying holding](/definitions/mifid-ii/qualifying-holding.md) * [regulated market](/definitions/mifid-ii/regulated-market.md) * [retail client](/definitions/mifid-ii/retail-client.md) * [senior management](/definitions/mifid-ii/senior-management.md) * [small and medium-sized enterprises](/definitions/mifid-ii/small-and-medium-sized-enterprises.md) * [SME growth market](/definitions/mifid-ii/sme-growth-market.md) * [sovereign debt](/definitions/mifid-ii/sovereign-debt.md) * [sovereign issuer](/definitions/mifid-ii/sovereign-issuer.md) * [structured deposit](/definitions/mifid-ii/structured-deposit.md) * [structured finance products](/definitions/mifid-ii/structured-finance-products.md) * [subsidiary](/definitions/mifid-ii/subsidiary.md) * [switching of financial instruments](/definitions/mifid-ii/switching-of-financial-instruments.md) * [systematic internaliser](/definitions/mifid-ii/systematic-internaliser.md) * [third-country firm](/definitions/mifid-ii/third-country-firm.md) * [tied agent](/definitions/mifid-ii/tied-agent.md) * [trading venue](/definitions/mifid-ii/trading-venue.md) * [transferable securities](/definitions/mifid-ii/transferable-securities.md) * [UCITS management company](/definitions/mifid-ii/ucits-management-company.md) * [wholesale energy product](/definitions/mifid-ii/wholesale-energy-product.md) --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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