(j) prescribing requirements in respect of the books, records and other documents required by subsection 29(1) to be kept by market participants, including the form in which and the period for which the books, records and other documents are to be kept; (k) regulating the listing or trading of publicly traded securities including requiring reporting of trades and quotations; (l) regulating recognized stock exchanges, recognized self-regulatory organizations, recognized quotation and trade reporting systems and recognized clearing ag ...[+++]encies, including prescribing requirements in respect of the review or approval by the Commission of any bylaw, rule, regulation, policy, procedure, interpretation or practice; (m) regulating trading or advising in securities to prevent trading or advising that is fraudulent, manipulative, deceptive or unfairly detrimental to investors; (n) regulating trading or advising in penny stocks, including prescribing requirements in respect of additional disclosure and suitability for investment; (o) prescribing categories or subcategories of issuers for purposes of the prospectus requirements under this Act, the regulations and the rules and classifying issuers into categories or subcategories; (p) regulating in respect of, or varying this Act to facilitate, expedite or regulate in respect of, the distribution of securities, or the issuing of receipts, including by establishing

In addition, 2 contracts (total value close to EUR 3.2 million) were signed aiming to improve the interconnectivity of taxation and customs IT systems in the candidate countries with similar systems in the Member States.

Difficulties arise because of prevailing uncertainty as regards the way in which "regulated markets" should fulfil their obligations to ensure that all securities comply with the requirements for "official listing" (as specified in Directive 79/279 [10] In essence, the practice to date has been that the regulated market should provide listing functions in respect of all securities which are dealt in on that market. This practice for "regulated markets" officially to list securities prior to trading can add significantly to costs and limit the scope for competing markets and exchanges to admit the same security to trading. admission to listing and admission to trading must therefore be decoupled if more active competition betwee ...[+++]n trading systems is to be facilitated. Furthermore, structural changes such as the demutualisation of exchanges call for a redefinition of how listing and public disclosure objectives are realised. However, before such far-reaching adjustments can be envisaged, an equitable basis must be found for sharing the regulatory overheads of listing and fulfilling related requirements such as dissemination of price-sensitive information. Without appropriate arrangements, profit-driven exchanges may seek to divest costly listing functions, particularly if they perceive competitors as "free-riding" on their listing services. This would jeopardise the important "public good" functions served by listing. Implementation of this approach should be foreshadowed in an updated definition of "regulated markets". It also calls for a re-examination of the provisions of Directive 79/279 [11].

Difficulties arise because of prevailing uncertainty as regards the way in which "regulated markets" should fulfil their obligations to ensure that all securities comply with the requirements for "official listing" (as specified in Directive 79/279 [10] In essence, the practice to date has been that the regulated market should provide listing functions in respect of all securities which are dealt in on that market. This practice for "regulated markets" officially to list securities prior to trading can add significantly to costs and limit the scope for competing markets and exchanges to admit the same security to trading. admission to listing and admission to trading must therefore be decoupled if more active competition betwee ...[+++]n trading systems is to be facilitated. Furthermore, structural changes such as the demutualisation of exchanges call for a redefinition of how listing and public disclosure objectives are realised. However, before such far-reaching adjustments can be envisaged, an equitable basis must be found for sharing the regulatory overheads of listing and fulfilling related requirements such as dissemination of price-sensitive information. Without appropriate arrangements, profit-driven exchanges may seek to divest costly listing functions, particularly if they perceive competitors as "free-riding" on their listing services. This would jeopardise the important "public good" functions served by listing. Implementation of this approach should be foreshadowed in an updated definition of "regulated markets". It also calls for a re-examination of the provisions of Directive 79/279 [11].

Currently, the concept of "regulated market" in Article 1.13 is defined partially by reference to the requirement for admitting securities to listing (including the the conditions for the admission of securities to official stock exchange listing laid down in Directive 79/279).

For example, in the field of CRSs (Computer Reservation Systems) the Commission's proposal for a code of conduct which would ban discrimination in screen displays, fees and terms of access to the system, is at an advanced stage of discussion in the Council.