zone a credit institutions
as defined in Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March…, Article 1, point (16)
all credit institutions authorised in the Member States, in accordance with Article 4, including their branches in third countries, and all private and public undertakings covered by the definitions in point 1, first subparagraph and authorised in other Zone A countries, including their branches