(17)Persons who provide the investment services and/or perform investment activities covered by this Directive should be subject to authorisation by their home Member States in order to protect investors and the stability of the financial system.
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New version applies from 03/01/2018 — introduced by Directive 2014/65/EU (MIFID II).
152 provisions change.
Recital 17 is deleted from 03/01/2018.