The financial crisis has exposed weaknesses in the functioning and in the transparency of financial markets. The evolution of financial markets has exposed the need to strengthen the framework for the regulation of markets in financial instruments, including where trading in such markets takes place over-the-counter (OTC), in order to increase transparency, better protect investors, reinforce confidence, address unregulated areas, and ensure that supervisors are granted adequate powers to fulfil their tasks.
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New version applies from 01/07/2016 — introduced by Directive (EU) 2016/1034.
202 provisions change.
Later versions: 01/10/2018, 31/12/2019, 26/03/2020, 26/06/2021, 10/11/2021, 01/01/2022, 28/02/2022, 23/03/2023, 09/01/2024, 28/03/2024, 17/01/2025, 06/06/2026.
Recital 4 changes in this version: compare with the current text.