Prospectus for the Public Offering of Securities in Europe: Volume 1

Part I. General Provisions of Community Law Relating to the Prospectus to be Published When Securities Are Offered to the Public or Admitted to Trading Dirk Van Gerven: Part II. Application in Each Member State - National Reports for EU Member States: 1. Belgium Dirk Van Gerven and Elke Janssens; 2. Czech Republic Petr Kasik and Vlastimil Pihera; 3. Denmark Vagn Thorup and David Moalem; 4. Estonia Raino Paron and Monika Koolmeister; 5. Greece Vassiliki Lazarakou and George Georgiou; 6. Hungary Jacques de Servigny; 7. Latvia Dace Silava-Tomsone, Toms Sulmanis and Aigars Gozitis; 8. Lithuania Irmantas Norkus and Eva Suduiko; 9. Luxembourg Josee Weydert and Franck-Olivier Cera; 10. The Netherlands Jan Paul Franx; 11. Poland Danuta Pajewska and Jakub Pietruszka; 12. Portugal Jose Alves Do Carmo, Jose Miguel Oliveira and Arifo Amada; 13. Slovak Republic Michaela Jurkova; 14. United Kingdom Nigel Boardman, Penny Radcliffe and Michaela Angelides; Part III. National Reports for EEA Member States: 15. Norway Solveig Fagerheim Bugge and Sverre Tyrhaug; Part IV. Annexes: 16. Annex I. Council Directive (EC) No 2003/71 of 4 November 2003 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading (the Prospectus Directive); 17. Annex II. Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2004 of 29 April 2004 implementing the Prospectus Directive as regards information contained in prospectuses as well as the format, incorporation by reference and publication of such prospectuses and dissemination of advertisements (the Prospectus Regulation); 18. Annex III. List of national laws implementing the Prospectus Directive.