Prospectus for the Public Offering of Securities in Europe - European and National Legislation in the Member States of the European Economic Area - Vol 2

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. • Quick understanding of the rules applicable in each of the countries • Global overview of rules applicable throughout the European Economic Area • Useful tool for the legal language relating to publication of a prospectus

Part I. 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 II. Application in the EEA Member States 14. Iceland Ólafur Arinbjörn Sigurðsson 15. Liechtenstein Andreas Schurti and Alexander Appel Part III. Annexes