Prospectus for the Public Offering of Securities in Europe
European and National Legislation in the Member States of the European Economic Area

This volume contains reports on the implementation of the Prospectus Directive in various EU and EEA Member States.

Dirk Van Gerven (General editor)

9780521880718, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 29 May 2009

408 pages
23.5 x 15.6 x 2.3 cm, 0.76 kg

The Prospectus Directive of 4 November 2003 and the Prospectus Regulation of 29 April 2004 permit a single European passport for a prospectus that has been approved by the competent authority of a Member State to be used for the public offering of securities in other Member States without the need to obtain approval in each state. The Prospectus Directive sets forth the general rules and requirements for the preparation, approval and distribution of prospectuses and defines the content, format and publication of the prospectus, while the Prospectus Regulation defines the minimum information that must be included in the prospectus and its related documents. This second volume contains reports of the implementation of the Prospectus Directive in those EU and EEA Member States not included in the first volume. Together, both volumes give the reader an overview of the implementation throughout the European Union and the European Economic Area.

Part II. Application in the EU Member States: 1. Austria Florian Khol and Viktoria Ebner
2. Bulgaria Raina Dimitrova and Angel Angelov
3. Cyprus Alexandros Tsadiras
4. Finland Mikko Heinonen and Klaus Ilmonen
5. France Jean-Marc Desache
6. Germany Andreas Wüsthoff and Boris Kläsener
7. Ireland Michael A. Greene and Cian McCourt
8. Italy Francesco Gianni, Andrea Marani and Gaudiana Giusti
9. Malta Louis De Gabriele
10. Romania Iuliana Craiciu
11. Slovenia Jurij Dolžan and Eva Pergarec
12. Spain Ramiro Rivera and Augusto Piñel
13. Sweden Jan Andersson
Part III. Application in the EEA Member States: 14. Iceland Ólafur Arinbjörn Sigurðsson
15. Liechtenstein Andreas Schurti and Alexander Appel
Part IV. Annexes: Annex I. Council Directive (EC) No 2003/71 of 4 November 2003 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading (the Prospectus Directive)
Annex II. Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2004 of 29 April 2004 implementing the Prospectus Directive as regards information contained in prospectuses as well as the format, incorporation by reference and publication of such prospectuses and dissemination of advertisements (the Prospectus Regulation)
Annex III. List of national laws implementing the Prospectus Directive.

Subject Areas: Financial services law & regulation [LNPF], Capital markets & securities law & regulation [LNPD], Financial law [LNP], Comparative law [LAM]