ARTICLE · 28 AUGUST 2013

Legislation Dutch Financial Markets - Future Financial Supervision Regulations

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Even though the Dutch Financial Markets Amendment Act 2014 is still pending in the Lower House, a consultation document for the Dutch Financial Markets Amendment Act 2015 was already published on 14 August 2013.

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Larissa Silverentand

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Even though the Dutch Financial Markets Amendment Act 2014 is still pending in the Lower House (Tweede Kamer), a consultation document for the Dutch Financial Markets Amendment Act 2015 (Wijzigingswet Financiële Markten 2015, "Amendment Act 2015") was already published on 14 August 2013. The consultation document is part of an annual legislative cycle and contains changes of the Dutch Financial Supervision Act ("DFSA") and other legislation on the financial markets.

The Amendment Act 2015 contains a number of (but not all) elements discussed in the legislation letters that the Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, "AFM") and the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, "DNB") sent to the Minister of Finance this summer, which has become common practice. These letters contain legislative proposals from AFM and DNB to supplement and amend the laws and regulations regarding the financial markets. The Minister of Finance gave his

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