West Europe

Jurisdiction

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Austria Bundes Wertpapieraufsicht Annual report, downloadable acts of parliament and lists of licensees. English version
Belgium Banking and Finance Commission English version available
Denmark Finanstilsynet Brief details and 1996 annual report, in English
Finland Financial Supervision Authority New, English version of this site. Very informative and well presented, showing copies of the rules and lists of regulated firms
France COB Commission des Operations de Bourse
France CMF Commission des Marches Financiers - English language version
France BDF La Banque de France. Responsible inter alia for authorisation of credit institutions and investment firms
Germany BAWE Bundesaufsichtsamt fur den Wertpapierhandel - You can download an English version of the Securities Trading Act
Germany Exchange Authority The Exchange Supervisory Authority oversees the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Germany BaKred Bundesaufsichtsamt fur das kreditwesen. German banking regulator
Iceland Financial Supervisory Authority A comprehensive site with English versions of all the laws and regulations (2/01)
Ireland Central Bank of Ireland Click on "supervision" for access to many regulatory documents. Of particular interest are pdf downloads of the Irish UCITS Regulations and UCITS Notices
Italy CONSOB
alt. site		 Commissione Nazionale per le Societa' E la Borsa - mostly in Italian
Luxembourg CSSF Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (Formerly IML)
Netherlands STE Securities Board of the Netherlands
Norway Kredittilsynet Norway's Banking, Insurance and Securities Commission website
Portugal Comissao do Mercado de Valores Mobiliarios English language version with mission statement, annual report and brochure
Spain Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores English language version, but the detailed pages are in Spanish
Sweden FinansInspektionen Sweden's inspector and regulator of financial institutions
Switzerland SFBC The Swiss Federal Banking Commission regulates banks and investment business too
Switzerland Takeover Board The Swiss Takeover Board regulates swiss companies' mergers

East Europe

Jurisdiction

Regulator
Albania Albanian Securities Commission
Bulgaria Securities and Stock Exchange Commission
Commodity Exchanges and Wholesale Markets State Commission
Croatia Croatian Securities Commission
Czechoslovakia Czech Securities Commission
Latvia The Securities Market Commission of Latvia
Lithuania Lithuanian Securities Commission
Poland Polish Securities and Exchange Commission


Multi-State Europe
DG XV Directorate General of the European Commission. Check for the latest information on EC directives affecting financial services and get the text of legislation at the Lexicon or read the initial report (11/00) of the Committee of Wise Men on the Regulation of European Securities Markets
ECB European Central Bank - home of the Euro
FESCO The Forum of European Securities Commissions

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