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The definitions aren’t “disjunctive”. something that is a [[transferable security]] can also be a [[money market instrument]], a unit in [[collective investment scheme]]. Alas, a “[[derivative]]”, in MiFID speak, is restricted to those countenanced in sections 4-10:
The definitions aren’t “disjunctive”. something that is a [[transferable security]] can also be a [[money market instrument]], a unit in [[collective investment scheme]]. Alas, a “[[derivative]]”, in MiFID speak, is restricted to those countenanced in sections 4-10:


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{{quote|{{derivativecontractdefinition}}}}Details fiends will note the rather lovely circularity here, for each of the limbs (other than  “financial contracts for differences”) employs the expression  “[[derivative contract]]”.
===what ''isn’t'' a {{t|MiFID}} financial instrument===
===what ''isn’t'' a {{t|MiFID}} financial instrument===
A good place to look (if your interest level counts as “fiendish”) is the snappily titled ''Commission Delegated Regulation {{eureg|2017|565|EU}} of 25 April 2016 supplementing Directive {{eudirective|2014|65|EU}} of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards organisational requirements and operating conditions for investment firms and defined terms for the purposes of that Directive''.
A good place to look (if your interest level counts as “fiendish”) is the snappily titled ''Commission Delegated Regulation {{eureg|2017|565|EU}} of 25 April 2016 supplementing Directive {{eudirective|2014|65|EU}} of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards organisational requirements and operating conditions for investment firms and defined terms for the purposes of that Directive''.