Conditions for branches of third country credit institutions registered at ESMA as MIFID investment firms to service per se professional clients and eligible counterparties within the EU

Asked whether EU branches of third-country credit institutions registered as MiFID investment firms must meet the full MiFID II, MiFIR and EMIR regime and may passport services to per se professional clients and eligible counterparties under Article 34(2). ESMA rejected the question, so there is no answer.