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On 10 October 2012 the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published guidance in the form of Questions and Answers (the “Q&A”) on the implementation of the new EU Short Selling Regulation (the “Regulation”
The EU Regulation No 2362012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps (the “Regulation”) and the subsidiary legislation made under it take effect in all 27 countries of the EU on 1 November 2012 and will replace all existing rules on short selling activities in EU countries
Belgium, European Union, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom
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August 12 2011
The European Securities and Markets Authority, an organization established by the European Union as its securities regulatory authority, said in a public statement yesterday that some authorities in the EU have decided to impose or extend existing short-selling bans or restrictions in their respective countries due to recent volatility in the European financial markets
On 15 September 2010, the European Commission ("Commission") published its proposal (the "Proposal") for a pan-European short-selling regime, which also takes into account uncovered credit default swaps (which have an equivalent economic effect
