Related provisions for SUP App 3.6.1
Sections 87H and 87I of the Act provide:
Prospectus approved in another EEA State |
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87H |
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A prospectus approved by the competent authority of an EEA State other than the United Kingdom is not an approved prospectus for the purposes of section 85 unless that authority has notified ESMA and provided the competent authority with -3 |
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a certificate of approval; |
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(b) |
a copy of the prospectus as approved; and |
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if requested by the [FCA], a translation of the summary of the prospectus. |
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(2) |
A document is not a certificate of approval unless it states that the prospectus - |
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has been drawn up in accordance with the prospectus directive; and |
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has been approved, in accordance with that directive, by the competent authority providing the certificate. |
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A document is not a certificate of approval unless it states whether (and, if so, why) the competent authority providing it authorised, in accordance with the prospectus directive, the omission from the prospectus of information which would otherwise have been required to be included. |
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3(3A) |
The competent authority must publish on its website a list of certificates of approval provided to it in accordance with this section. |
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3(3B) |
The list referred to in subsection (3A) must - |
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be kept up-to-date; |
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retain items on it for a period of at least 12 months; and |
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include hyperlinks to any certificate of approval and prospectus published on the website of - |
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the competent authority of the EEA State which provided the certificate; |
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the issuer; or |
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(iii) |
the regulated market where admission to trading is sought. |
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(4) |
"Prospectus" includes a supplementary prospectus. |
Provision of information to host Member State |
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87I |
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The [FCA] must, if requested to do so, supply the competent authority of a specified EEA State with – |
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a certificate of approval; |
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(b) |
a copy of the specified prospectus (as approved by the [FCA]); and |
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a translation of the summary of the specified prospectus (if the request states that one has been requested by the other competent authority).2 |
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(1A)2 |
If the competent authority supplies a certificate of approval to the competent authority of the specified EEA State, it must also supply a copy of that certificate to - |
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the person who made the request under this section; and |
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ESMA. |
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(2) |
Only the following may make a request under this section – |
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the issuer of the transferable securities to which the specified prospectus relates; |
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a person who wishes to offer the transferable securities to which the specified prospectus relates to the public in an EEA State other than (or as well as) the United Kingdom; |
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a person requesting the admission of the transferable securities to which the specified prospectus relates to a regulated market situated or operating in an EEA State other than (or as well as) the United Kingdom. |
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(3) |
A certificate of approval must state that the prospectus – |
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has been drawn up in accordance with this Part and the prospectus directive; and |
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has been approved, in accordance with those provisions, by the [FCA]. |
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(4) |
A certificate of approval must state whether (and, if so, why) the [FCA] authorised, in accordance with section 87B, the omission from the prospectus of information which would otherwise have been required to be included. |
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(5) |
The [FCA] must comply with a request under this section – |
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if the prospectus has been approved before the request is made, within 3 working days beginning with the date the request is received2; or 2 |
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if the request is submitted with an application for the approval of the prospectus, on the first working day after the date on which it approves the prospectus. |
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(6) |
“Prospectus” includes a supplementary prospectus. |
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(7) |
“Specified” means specified in a request made for the purposes of this section. |
7Schedule to the Recognition Requirements Regulations, Paragraph 9ZB
[Note: This paragraph is relevant to regulated markets only. See REC 2.16A regarding MTFs or OTFs.]
(1) |
The rules of the [UK RIE] must ensure that all - |
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[financial instruments] admitted to trading on a [regulated market] operated by it are capable of being traded in a fair, orderly and efficient manner; |
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[transferable securities] admitted to trading on a [regulated market] operated by it are freely negotiable; and |
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contracts for derivatives admitted to trading on a [regulated market] operated by it are designed so as to allow for their orderly pricing as well as for the existence of effective settlement conditions. |
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[Note:MiFID RTS 17 specifies further conditions for financial instruments to be admitted to trading on regulated markets] |
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(2) |
The rules of the [UK RIE] must provide that where the [UK RIE], without obtaining the consent of the issuer, admits to trading on a regulated market operated by it a transferable security which has been admitted to trading on another regulated market, the [UK RIE] - |
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must inform the issuer of that security as soon as is reasonably practicable; and |
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may not require the issuer of that security to demonstrate compliance with the disclosure obligations. |
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The [UK RIE] must maintain effective arrangements to verify that issuers of transferable securities admitted to trading on a regulated market operated by it comply with the disclosure obligations. |
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The [UK RIE] must maintain arrangements to assist members of or participants in a regulated market operated by it to obtain access to information made public under the disclosure obligations. |
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The [UK RIE] must maintain arrangements to regularly review regularly whether financial instruments admitted to trading on a regulated market operated by it comply with the admission requirements for those instruments. |
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[Note: see MiFID RTS 17] |
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(6) |
In this paragraph - |
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“the disclosure obligations” are the initial ongoing and ad hoc disclosure requirements contained in- |
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Articles 17, 18 and 19 of the market abuse regulation; |
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(b) |
Articles 3, 5, 7, 8, 14 and 16 of Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 on the prospectuses to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading; |
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Articles 4 to 6, 15 and 16 to 19 of Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 relating to harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market; and |
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EU legislation made under the provisions mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c); |
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and the legislation referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c) is given effect- |
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in the United Kingdom by Part 6 of the [Financial Services and Markets Act 2000] Act and Part 6 rules (within the meaning of section 73A of the Act); or |
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in another EEA State by legislation transposing the relevant Articles in that State. |