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The Prospectus (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Section 71 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 17 August 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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71.—(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/980 of 14 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and the Council as regards the format, content, scrutiny and approval of the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2004 is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 1—
(a)for paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b)equivalent third country market” means a third country market which has been—
— deemed equivalent to a regulated market by the Commission, in accordance with the third and fourth subparagraphs of Article 25(4) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU, before [F1IP completion day] in retained EU law, or
— specified as equivalent to a regulated market in regulations made by the Treasury under paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012;”M1;
(b)after paragraph (e) insert—
“(f)‘competent authority’ means the Financial Conduct Authority;
(g)‘UK accounting standards’ means accounting standards as defined by section 464 of the Companies Act 2006 M2;
(h)‘UK-adopted international accounting standards’ has the meaning given by section 474(1) of the Companies Act 2006 M3;
(i)a reference to the United Kingdom law which implemented a Directive, or a provision thereof, is to the law of the United Kingdom which was relied on by the United Kingdom immediately before [F2IP completion day] to implement that Directive and its implementing measures—
(i)as they have effect on [F2IP completion day], in the case of rules made by the Financial Conduct Authority under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 M4, and
(ii)as amended from time to time, in all other cases.”.
[F3(2A) Omit Article 11.]
(3) After Article 23 insert—
1. In relation to any financial year beginning on or before the day on which [F4IP completion day] falls, issuers established in the United Kingdom must present their historical financial information in accordance with—
(a)International Financial Reporting Standards adopted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 as it applies in the European Union;
(b)if those standards are not applicable, UK accounting standards.
2. In relation to any financial year beginning on or before the day on which [F4IP completion day] falls, issuers established in an EEA State must present their historical financial information in accordance with—
(a)International Financial Reporting Standards adopted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 as it applies in the European Union; or
(b)if not applicable, national accounting standards of that EEA State.
3. In relation to any financial year beginning on or before the day on which [F4IP completion day] falls, issuers established outside the United Kingdom and the EEA States must present their historical financial information in accordance with one of the following accounting standards—
(a)International Financial Reporting Standards adopted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 as it applies in the European Union;
(b)International Financial Reporting Standards provided that the notes to the audited financial statements that form part of the historical financial information contain an explicit and unreserved statement that these financial statements comply with International Financial Reporting Standards in accordance with IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements;
(c)Generally Accepted Accounting Principles of Japan;
(d)Generally Accepted Accounting Principles of the United States of America.
(e)Generally Accepted Accounting Principles of the People's Republic of China;
(f)Generally Accepted Accounting Principles of Canada;
(g)Generally Accepted Accounting Principles of the Republic of Korea.
4. In relation to a financial year beginning after the day on which [F4IP completion day] falls, issuers established in the United Kingdom, must present their historical financial information in accordance with—
(a)UK-adopted international accounting standards; or
(b)if those standards are not applicable, UK accounting standards.
5. In relation to a financial year beginning after the day on which [F4IP completion day] falls, issuers established in a country outside the United Kingdom must present their historical financial information in accordance with—
(a)UK-adopted international accounting standards;
(b)one of the accounting standards referred to in Article 23a(3); or
(c)national accounting standards of a country that are equivalent to UK-adopted international accounting standards in accordance with a determination made by the Treasury in regulations under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1569/2007 of 21 December 2007 establishing a mechanism for the determination of equivalence of accounting standards applied by third country issuers of securities pursuant to Directives 2003/71/EC and 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council M5.
6. For an issuer established in a country outside the United Kingdom, if such financial information is not prepared in accordance with the required standards, the financial statements must be restated in compliance with UK-adopted international accounting standards.”.
[F5(4) In Article 24, in paragraph 5, for “competent authorities” substitute “ the competent authority ”.]
[F6(5) In Article 25, in paragraph 6, for “competent authorities” substitute “ the competent authority ”.]
(6) In the heading to Chapter 4 and the headings to Articles 28 to 31, for “EU” substitute “ UK ”.
(7) In Article 32—
(a)in the heading, for “EU” substitute “ UK ”;
(b)in paragraph 1—
(i)in the opening words, for “An EU” substitute “ A UK ”;
(ii)in point (d), for “EU” substitute “ UK ”;
(c)in paragraph 2—
(i)for “an EU” substitute “ a UK ”;
(ii)for “EU Growth” in each other place it occurs, substitute “ UK Growth ”;
(iii)in paragraph 3, for “An EU” substitute “ A UK ”.
(8) In Article 33—
(a)in the heading and paragraphs 1, 3 and 6, for “EU Growth” substitute “ UK Growth ”;
(b)in paragraphs 9 and 10, omit “of the home Member State”.
(9) In Article 34—
(a)in the heading, for “EU” substitute “ UK ”;
(b)for “an EU” substitute “ a UK ”;
(c)for “EU Growth” in each other place it occurs, substitute “ UK Growth ”.
(10) In Article 36, in paragraphs 1 and 2, for “competent authorities” substitute “ the competent authority ”.
(11) In Article 37, in—
(a)both places it occurs in paragraph 1;
(b)paragraph 2,
for “competent authorities” substitute “ the competent authority ”.
(12) In Article 39, for “Competent authorities” substitute “ The competent authority ”.
(13) In Article 41—
(a)in paragraph 1—
(i)for “a competent” substitute “ the competent ”;
(ii)omit “same”;
(b)in paragraph 2, for “competent authorities” substitute “ the competent authority ”;
(c)for paragraph 3 substitute—
“3. Where a first draft of a prospectus that incorporates information by reference to a document that has been approved—
(a)before [F7IP completion day] in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 or in accordance with the UK law which implemented Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council by a competent authority (as defined in Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it had effect immediately before [F7IP completion day]); or
(b)on or after [F7IP completion day], by the competent authority in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1129,
the competent authority shall only be required to apply the criteria laid down in Article 38 of this Regulation to scrutinise that information.”;
(d)in paragraph 4, for “competent authorities” substitute “ the competent authority ”.
(14) In Article 42, in paragraph 2—
(a)omit points [F8(e) to (g)];
(b)in point (h), for “the national provisions transposing” substitute “ the UK law which implemented ”.
(15) In Article 43—
(a)in paragraph 1;
(b)in both places it occurs in paragraph 2,
for “competent authorities” substitute “ the competent authority ”.
(16) In Article 45—
(a)in paragraph 1;
(b)in both places it occurs in paragraph 2,
for “competent authorities” substitute “ the competent authority ”.
(17) Omit the words “This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.” following Article 47.
(18) The Annexes are amended in accordance with the Schedule to these Regulations.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 71(2)(a) substituted (30.12.2020) by The Financial Services and Economic and Monetary Policy (Consequential Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1301), regs. 1, 3, Sch. para. 48(e)(i)
F2Words in reg. 71(2)(b) substituted (30.12.2020) by The Financial Services and Economic and Monetary Policy (Consequential Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1301), regs. 1, 3, Sch. para. 48(e)(ii)
F3Reg. 71(2A) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completiton day) by The Securities Financing Transactions, Securitisation and Miscellaneous Amendments (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1385), regs. 1(4), 66(2)(a)
F4Words in reg. 71(3) substituted (30.12.2020) by The Financial Services and Economic and Monetary Policy (Consequential Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1301), regs. 1, 3, Sch. para. 48(e)(iii)
F5Reg. 71(4) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Financial Services (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/628), regs. 1(3), 17(5)(a)
F6Reg. 71(5) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Financial Services (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/628), regs. 1(3), 17(5)(b)
F7Words in reg. 71(13)(c) substituted (30.12.2020) by The Financial Services and Economic and Monetary Policy (Consequential Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1301), regs. 1, 3, Sch. para. 48(e)(iv)
F8Words in reg. 71(14)(a) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Financial Services (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/628), regs. 1(3), 17(5)(c)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 71 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(4)
Marginal Citations
M1Schedule 3 is inserted by S.I. 2018/1403.
M3The definition is inserted in section 474(1) by S.I. 2019/685.
M5Commission Regulation (EU) No 1569/2007 is amended by S.I. 2019/707.
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