European Union: Listing Rules & Flotation

Two key Level 2 measures implementing the Listing Act reforms to the EU Market Abuse Regulation were published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 16 July 2026. These delegated regulations address critical aspects of inside information disclosure, closed period trading permissions, and indicators of market manipulation, with practical implications for issuers and market participants across EU capital markets.

Proposed in 2022 as part of the EU's Capital Markets Union, the Listing Act package aims to simplify listing requirements and ongoing post-listing obligations to make public markets more attractive to EU companies...

As part of its new Capital Markets Union Action Plan of September 2020 on 19 November 2021, the European Commission published a consultation document seeking general views on a proposed listing act...