EU's Final Adoption Of The Listing Act Package

RegCORE Client Alert | Capital Markets Union

QuickTake

On 8 October 2024, the Council of the EU, formally adopted the EU's Listing Act package¹. The package, which is a key priority of the EU's Capital Markets Union (CMU), seeks to make EU public capital markets more attractive (i.e. reduce the administrative burden) for companies to list on European stock exchanges. The EU Listing Act package is applicable to all (EU and non-EU) companies of all sizes, in particular for small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs).

The package is comprised of the following three instruments:

1. The EU's Listing Regulation – which amends the EU's Prospectus Regulation, the EU's Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR);