External framework The external framework that regulates corporate governance includes EU-law and national-level laws, such as Directive 2013/36/EU (“CRD IV”), Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (“CRR”), Directive 2014/65/EU (“MiFID II”), Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 (“MiFIR”) as well as rules and guidelines issued by the relevant financial supervisory authorities, such as the EBA Guidelines on Internal Governance (“GL11”) and the Joint ESMA and EBA Guidelines on the assessment of the suitability of members of the management body and key function holders (“GL 12”), as well as national level laws, including the Finnish Companies Act, the Finnish Act on Credit Institutions, the Finnish Accounting Act and the relevant FIN-FSA regulations and guidelines. Nordea also complies with rules and guidelines issued by other relevant financial supervisory authorities, as well as EU legislation for the financial industry, stock exchange rules for each relevant stock exchange, and the rules and principles of the Finnish Corporate Governance Code (the “Code”).