home
as defined in Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of…, Article 2(1), point (i) (Definitions)
(i)
in the case of an issuer of debt securities the denomination per unit of which is less than EUR 1 000 or an issuer of shares:
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where the issuer is incorporated in the Union, the Member State in which it has its registered office,
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where the issuer is incorporated in a third country, the Member State chosen by the issuer from amongst the Member States where its securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market. The choice of home Member State shall remain valid unless the issuer has chosen a new home Member State under point (iii) and has disclosed the choice in accordance with the second paragraph of this point [letter] (i);
The definition of ‘home’ Member State shall be applicable to debt securities in a currency other than euro, provided that the value of such denomination per unit is, at the date of the issue, less than EUR 1 000 , unless it is nearly equivalent to EUR 1 000 ;