(2)Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 4 laid down harmonised principles and rules on the prospectus to be drawn up, approved and published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market. Given the legislative and market developments since its entry into force, that Directive should be repealed and replaced by this Regulation.
Recital 2
- 4 Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading and amending Directive 2001/34/EC ( OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 64 ). ↩