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

by Cambridge University Press

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521880718
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/29/2009
Series:	Law Practitioner Series
Pages:	408
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.91(d)

About the Author

Dirk Van Gerven is a Brussels partner with the Benelux law firm of NautaDutilh and a member of the Brussels and New York Bars. He has extensive experience in all areas of corporate and financial law, including securities regulation. He is in charge of continuing legal education for the Dutch-speaking Bar Association of Brussels and has published widely in the fields of corporate and financial law. Since 2003, he has been a member of the supervisory board of Belgium's Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission.

Table of Contents

Contributors     vii
Preface   Dirk Van Gerven     ix
Part I
General provisions of Community law relating to the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading   Dirk Van Gerven     3
Application in each Member State National reports for EU Member States
Belgium   Dirk Van Gerven   Elke Janssens     71
Czech Republic   Petr Kasik   Vlastimil Pihera     85
Denmark   Vagn Thorup   David Moalem     99
Estonia   Raino Paron   Monika Koolmeister     115
Greece   Vassiliki Lazarakou   George Georgiou     137
Hungary   Jacques de Servigny     160
Latvia   Dace Silava-Tomsone   Toms Sulmanis   Aigars Gozitis     185
Lithuania   Irmantas Norkus   Eva Suduiko     208
Luxembourg   Josee Weydert   Franck-Olivier Cera     222
The Netherlands   Jan Paul Franx     242
Poland   Danuta Pajewska   Jakub Pietruszka     255
Portugal   Jose Alves Do Carmo   Jose Miguel Oliveira   ArifoAmada     277
Slovakia   Michaela Jurkova     295
United Kingdom   Nigel Boardman     314
National reports for EEA Member States
Norway   Solveig Fagerheim Bugge   Sverre Tyrhaug     333
Annexes
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)     353
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)     380
List of national laws implementing the Prospectus Directive     485
Index     491