Financial Law - Introduction on EASDAQ

Established by the Royal Decree of June 10, 1996, the EASDAQ Stock Market is operating as a screen-based pan-European stock market focusing on high growth companies.

Although established under Belgian law, EASDAQ nevertheless aims to be pan-European, operating independent of other European stock markets. This pan-European nature is mainly reflected in its membership structure, which is based on the European passport.

For Belgium, members are investment firms (stockbrokers and portfolio management companies), as defined in the Investment Services Directive, and credit institutions, as defined in the Second Banking Directive.

Members can be active on the market in one of the following capacities : as broker, market maker or sponsor.