In the application of the provisions of these Regulations and of the Appendices attached herewith, and without prejudice to the definitions included, in the Qatar Law No. 33/2005 on Financial Markets Law and in the Regulations of Qatar Financial Markets Authority; the following words and expressions shall have the meanings ascribed to them unless the context indicates otherwise.

Law: Qatar Financial Markets Authority Law No. (33) Of 2005 as amended by Decree-Law No. (14) Of 2007.

Authority: Qatar Financial Markets Authority

Market: any organized market subject to the Regulation of the Authority

Company: it is a financial services company licensed to conduct any of the activities prescribed in Article (4) of these Regulations.

Representative: a natural person who works for a Company, and acts in its name, and at its responsibility.

Agent: a legal person who conducts, according to a contract with a Company, an activity for its account, in return for remuneration.

Custodian: a person engaged in the activity of providing safekeeping of assets (cash and securities) for persons dealing in securities.