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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are offered to the public or admitted to trading and amending Directive 2001/34/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)

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CHAPTER VIIIU.K.TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 27U.K.Amendments

With effect from the date set out in Article 29, Directive 2001/34/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1.

Articles 3, 20 to 41, 98 to 101, 104 and 108(2)(c)(ii) shall be deleted;

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in Article 107(3), the first subparagraph shall be deleted;

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in Article 108(2)(a), the words ‘the conditions of establishment, the control and circulation of listing particulars to be published for admission’ shall be deleted;

4.

Annex I shall be deleted.

Article 28U.K.Repeal

With effect from the date indicated in Article 29, Directive 89/298/EEC shall be repealed. References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive.

Article 29U.K.Transposition

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 1 July 2005. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. When Member States adopt those measures they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods for making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.

Article 30U.K.Transitional provision

1.Issuers which are incorporated in a third country and whose securities have already been admitted to trading on a regulated market shall choose their competent authority in accordance with Article 2(1)(m)(iii) and notify their decision to the competent authority of their chosen home Member State by 31 December 2005.

2.By way of derogation from Article 3, Member States which have used the exemption in Article 5(a) of Directive 89/298/EEC may continue to allow credit institutions or other financial institutions equivalent to credit institutions which are not covered by Article 1(2)(j) of this Directive to offer debt securities or other transferable securities equivalent to debt securities issued in a continuous or repeated manner within their territory for five years following the date of entry into force of this Directive.

3.By way of derogation from Article 29, the Federal Republic of Germany shall comply with Article 21(1) by 31 December 2008.

Article 31U.K.Review

Five years after the date of entry into force of this Directive, the Commission shall make an assessment of the application of this Directive and present a report to the European Parliament and the Council, accompanied where appropriate by proposals for its review.

Article 32U.K.Entry into force

This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 33U.K.Addressees

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

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