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Consider the following - a real life example, with nouns changed to protect identities: | Consider the following - a real life example, with nouns changed to protect identities: | ||
:'' | :''These general terms apply where you are making a payment ([[either]] [[directly or indirectly]] via a third party) to our investment bank entities, [[including]] in the [[EEA]] and the UK in connection with the receipt of Research Services (as such term is defined in our Electronic Access Terms (defined below) [[including]] material viewed as research a under EU Directive 2014/65/EU (“'''[[MiFID II]]'''”)) (“'''Research Services'''”).'' | ||
This contains some spectacular linguistic contortions. Padding (“[[including]] ...”) is embedded in padding. “Research Services” - defined in a document elsewhere, that document being defined here - is a component of “Research Services” defined here. | This contains some spectacular linguistic contortions. Padding (“[[including]] ...”) is embedded in padding. “Research Services” - defined in a document elsewhere, that document being defined here - is a component of “Research Services” defined here. | ||
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But what is most remarkable is how little this confection sets out to achieve in the first place. You could sum it all up with the following: | But what is most remarkable is how little this confection sets out to achieve in the first place. You could sum it all up with the following: | ||
:'' | :''These terms apply when you pay us for investment bank research in the EEA.'' | ||
{{plainenglish}} | {{plainenglish}} | ||
{{draft}} | {{draft}} | ||