3. The time limit referred to in paragraph 2 shall be extended to 20 working days if the public offer involves securities issued by an issuer which does not have any securities admitted to trading on a regulated market and who has not previously offered securities to the public.

(l) "securities issued in a continuous or repeated manner" means issues on tap or at least two separate issues of securities of a similar type and/or class over a period of 12 months;

4. For the following types of securities, the prospectus can, at the choice of the issuer, offeror or person asking for the admission to trading on a regulated market consist of a base prospectus containing all relevant information concerning the issuer and the securities offered to the public or to be admitted to trading on a regulated market:

The amended proposal allows for a prospectus be split into a Registration Document, a Securities Note and a Summary Note each of which may circulate separately.

Here, the need to prepare a public offer prospectus for all transferable securities issued on a market provides one safeguard.

These represent: . in the banking area, 93.3% of world assets held by credit institutions (both domestic and foreign assets), and 95.1% of assets held by banks in GATS member countries (a total of 22 trillion US $); 93.7% of world bank deposits, and 95.4% of deposits with banks in GATS member countries (a total of more than 20 trillion US $); in addition, 97% of the world international lending; . in the insurance area, 91.8% of world insurance premiums and 95.6% of total premiums perceived in GATS member countries, representing a business of over 1.3 trillion US $ a year; . in the securities area, 89.1% of world equity trading (4.5 trillion US $), 94.7% of world stock market capitalisation (10.5 trillion US $), 89.9% of new equity raised, 97.7% ...[+++]of market value of bonds listed in stock exchanges (7.9 trillion US $), and 93.8% of world bond turnover in stock exchanges.