(79)Given the complexity of investment products and the continuous innovation in their design, it is also important to ensure that staff who advise on or sell investment products to retail clients possess an appropriate level of knowledge and competence in relation to the products offered. Investment firms should allow their staff sufficient time and resources to achieve that knowledge and competence and to apply it in providing services to clients.
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New version applies from 17/09/2014 — introduced by Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 (CSDR).
275 provisions change.
Later versions: 01/07/2016, 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 79 changes in this version: compare with the current text.