Paragraph 9 The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) Regulations 2001

after the definition of “overseas regulatory authority” insert—

• ““Payment Accounts Directive” means Directive 2014/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23rd July 2014 on the comparability of fees related to payment accounts, payment account switching and access to payment accounts with basic features;

• “payment accounts directive information” means confidential information received by the Authority in the course of discharging its functions as the competent authority under the Payment Accounts Directive;”;

in the definition of “single market restrictions”, after paragraph (m) add—

“(n)

Articles 21(2) and 22 of the Payment Accounts Directive;”;

at the end of paragraph (c) omit “and”; and

at the of paragraph (d) insert—

“; and

(e)

payment accounts directive information.”; and