Regulations
Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market, and repealing Directive 2003/71/EC Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/979 of 14 March 2019 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/980 of 14 March 2019
European Commission
Roadmap: a simplified prospectus for companies and investors in Europe (24 April 2018) Request to ESMA for technical advice on possible delegated acts concerning the regulation on prospectuses (updated 01 June 2017) Report on accelerating the capital markets union: addressing national barriers to capital flows (24 March 2017) Request to ESMA for technical advice on possible delegated acts concerning the regulation on prospectus (28 February 2017) Staff Working Document on Crowdfunding in the EU Capital Markets Union (03 May 2016) Legislative proposal (PD3) on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading (30 November 2015) Annexes to the proposal (PD3) Consultation document - review of the Prospectus Directive (18 February 2015) Investment Plan for Europe (26 November 2014) Political Guidelines for the next European Commission: A New Start for Europe (15 July 2014)
Council of the European Union
Press release - Council adopts, without debate, new reules on prospectuses for the issuing and offering of securities (16 May 2017) Draft Regulation of the European Parliament and Council on prospectus to be published when securities are offered to public or admitted to trading on regulated market and repealing Directive 2003/71/EC (first reading) - Adoption of legislative act (05 May 2017) Final compromise text of the Prospectus Regulation as provisionally agreed with the European Parliament (16 December 2016) General Approach - Proposal for a Regulation on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading (03 June 2016) Fifth EU Council Presidency compromise text - Proposal for a Regulation on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading (23 May 2016) Fourth EU Council Presidency compromise text - Proposal for a Regulation on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading (17 May 2016) First EU Council Presidency compromise text - Proposal for a Regulation on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading (15 March 2016)
ECON
Amendments to text of PD3 (A8-0238/2016(011-011)) (30 March 2017) Report on the proposal for a regulation on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading (dated 19 July 2016, published 02 August 2016) Draft Report on the proposal for a regulation on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading (16 March 2016)
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
Questions and Answers on the Prospectus Regulation – version 4 (18 February 2020) Questions and Answers on the Prospectus Regulation - version 3 (04 December 2019) Questions and Answers on Prospectuses - 30th updated version (April 2019) Final Report ESMA Guidelines on risk factors under the Prospectus Regulation (29 March 2019) Final Report ESMA Guidelines on risk factors under the Prospectus Regulation (29 March 2019) Questions and Answers on the Prospectus Regulation (27 March 2019) Final Report on draft regulatory technical standards under the Prospectus Regulation (17 July 2018) Consultation Paper on draft technical advice on minimum information content for prospectus exemption (13 July 2018) Consultation Paper on guidelines on risk factors under the Prospectus Regulation (13 July 2018) Final Report on technical advice under the Prospectus Regulation (28 March 2018) Consultation Paper on draft regulatory technical standards under the new Prospectus Regulation (15 December 2017) ESMA Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG) - SMSG response to public consultation on Prospectus Regulation Level 2 (06 October 2017) Consultation Paper on draft technical advice on format and content of the prospectus (06 July 2017) Consultation Paper on draft technical advice on scrutiny and approval of the prospectus (06 July 2017) Consultation Paper on draft technical advice on content and format of the EU Growth prospectus (06 July 2017) Prospectus Questions and Answers - 25th updated version (15 July 2016) Peer Review Report on Prospectus Approval Process (30 June 2016) Prospectus Questions and Answers - 24th updated version (06 April 2016) Prospectus Questions and Answers - 23rd updated version (15 December 2015)
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