Listing Directive (LD)

Directive 2001/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 May 2001 on the admission of securities to official stock exchange listing and on information to be published on those securities

Recitals

TITLE I - DEFINITIONS AND SCOPE OF APPLICATION (Article 1-4)

CHAPTER I - Definitions (Article 1)Article 1

CHAPTER II - Scope of application (Article 2-4)Article 2 Article 3 Article 4

TITLE II - GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE OFFICIAL LISTING OF SECURITIES (Article 5-19)

CHAPTER I - General conditions for admission (Article 5-7)Article 5 Article 6 Article 7

CHAPTER II - More stringent or additional conditions and obligations (Article 8)Article 8

CHAPTER III - Derogations (Article 9-10)Article 9 Article 10

CHAPTER IV - Powers of the national competent authorities (Article 11-19)

Section 1 - Decision of admission (Article 11-15)Article 11 Article 12 Article 13 Article 14 Article 15

Section 2 - Information requested by the competent authorities (Article 16)Article 16

Section 3 - Action against an issuer failing to comply with the obligations resulting from admission (Article 17)Article 17

Section 4 - Suspension and discontinuance (Article 18)Article 18

Section 5 - Right to apply to the courts in case of refusal of admission or discontinuance (Article 19)Article 19

TITLE III - PARTICULAR CONDITIONS RELATING TO OFFICIAL LISTINGS OF SECURITIES (Article 20-63)

CHAPTER I - Publication of listing particulars for admission (Article 20-41)

Section 1 - General provisions (Article 20-22)Article 20 Article 21 Article 22

Section 2 - Partial or complete exemption from the obligation to publish listing particulars (Article 23)Article 23

Section 3 - Permitted omission from listing particulars of certain information (Article 24)Article 24

Section 4 - Contents of listing of particulars in specific cases (Article 25-34)Article 25 Article 26 Article 27 Article 28 Article 29 Article 30 Article 31 Article 32 Article 33 Article 34

Section 5 - Control and circulation of listing particulars (Article 35-36)Article 35 Article 36

Section 6 - Determination of the competent authority (Article 37)Article 37

Section 7 - Mutual recognition (Article 38-40)Article 38 Article 39 Article 40

Section 8 - Agreements with non-member countries (Article 41)Article 41

CHAPTER II - Specific conditions for the admission of shares (Article 42-51)

Section 1 - Conditions relating to companies for the shares of which admission to official listing is sought (Article 42-44)Article 42 Article 43 Article 44

Section 2 - Conditions relating to the shares for which admission is sought (Article 45-51)Article 45 Article 46 Article 47 Article 48 Article 49 Article 50 Article 51

CHAPTER III - Particular conditions relating to the admission to official listing of debt securities issued by an undertaking (Article 52-59)

Section 1 - Conditions relating to undertakings for the debt securities of which admission to official listing is sought (Article 52)Article 52

Section 2 - Conditions relating to the debt securities for which admission to official listing is sought (Article 53-57)Article 53 Article 54 Article 55 Article 56 Article 57

Section 3 - Other conditions (Article 58-59)Article 58 Article 59

CHAPTER IV - Particular conditions relating to the admission to official listing of Debt securities issued by a State, its regional or local authorities or a public international body (Article 60-63)Article 60 Article 61 Article 62 Article 63

TITLE IV - OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO SECURITIES ADMITTED TO OFFICIAL LISTING (Article 64-97)

CHAPTER I - Obligations of companies whose shares are admitted to official listing (Article 64-77)

Section 1 - Listing of newly issued shares of the same class (Article 64)Article 64

Section 2 - Treatment of shareholders (Article 65)Article 65

Section 3 - Amendment of the instrument of incorporation or the statutes (Article 66)Article 66

Section 4 - Annual accounts and annual report (Article 67)Article 67

Section 5 - Additional information (Article 68)Article 68

Section 6 - Equivalence of information (Article 69)Article 69

Section 7 - Periodical information to be published (Article 70-71)Article 70 Article 71

Section 8 - Publication and contents of the half-yearly report (Article 72-77)Article 72 Article 73 Article 74 Article 75 Article 76 Article 77

CHAPTER II - Obligation of issuers whose debt securities are admitted to official listing (Article 78-84)

Section 1 - Debt securities issued by an undertaking (Article 78-82)Article 78 Article 79 Article 80 Article 81 Article 82

Section 2 - Debt securities issued by a State or its regional or local authorities or by a public international body (Article 83-84)Article 83 Article 84

CHAPTER III - Obligations relating to the information to be published when a major holding in a listed company is acquired or disposed of (Article 85-97)

Section 1 - General provisions (Article 85-88)Article 85 Article 86 Article 87 Article 88

Section 2 - Information when a major holding is acquired or disposed of (Article 89-91)Article 89 Article 90 Article 91

Section 3 - Determination of the voting rights (Article 92)Article 92

Section 4 - Exemptions (Article 93-95)Article 93 Article 94 Article 95

Section 5 - Competent authorities (Article 96)Article 96

Section 6 - Sanctions (Article 97)Article 97

TITLE V - PUBLICATION AND COMMUNICATION OF THE INFORMATION (Article 98-104)

CHAPTER I - Publication and communication of listing particulars for the admission of securities to the official stock exchange listing (Article 98-101)

Section 1 - Procedures and period of publication of listing particulars and their supplements (Article 98-100)Article 98 Article 99 Article 100

Section 2 - Prior communication to the competent authorities of the means of publication (Article 101)Article 101

CHAPTER II - Publication and communication of information after listing (Article 102)Article 102

CHAPTER III - Languages (Article 103-104)Article 103 Article 104

TITLE VI - COMPETENT AUTHORITIES AND COOPERATION BETWEEN MEMBER STATES (Article 105-107)Article 105 Article 106 Article 107

TITLE VII - CONTACT COMMITTEE (Article 108-109)

CHAPTER I - Composition, working and tasks of the Committee (Article 108)Article 108

CHAPTER II - Adaptation of the amount of equity market capitalisation (Article 109)Article 109

TITLE VIII - FINAL PROVISIONS (Article 110-113)Article 110 Article 111 Article 112 Article 113

ANNEX I ANNEX II ANNEX III

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Listing Directive (LD)

Directive 2001/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 May 2001 on the admission of securities to official stock exchange listing and on information to be published on those securities