1.

‘direct ICT third-party service provider’ means an ICT third-party service provider or ICT intra-group service provider that signed a contractual arrangement with:

2.

‘ICT service supply chain’ means a sequence of contractual arrangements connected with the ICT service being provided by the direct ICT third-party service provider to the financial entity, starting with the direct ICT third-party service provider which has one or multiple other ICT third-party service providers as counterparties (subcontractors);

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‘rank’ means the position of an ICT third-party service provider in the ICT service supply chain.