These regulations contain, among other things, provisions regarding information requirements for exchanges, trading facilities and securities institutions that apply for trading of other financial instruments than shares. They also regulate information obligations for issuers of transferable securities on a regulated market or a trading facility.
The new regulations entered into force on 1 November 2007, at which time the following regulations were repealed:
- Finansinspektionen's Regulations (FFFS 1995:43) governing official listing of transferable securities, etc.
- Finansinspektionen's Regulations (FFFS 1998:16) governing disciplinary boards for securities exchanges,
- Finansinspektionen's Regulations (FFFS 2001:5) governing market surveillance at securities exchanges, authorised marketplaces and securities institutions,
- Finansinspektionen's Regulations (FFFS 2005:6) governing acquisition and disposal of own shares by limited liability companies,
- Finansinspektionen's Regulations (FFFS 2006:4) governing that the Swedish Securities Council shall decide on certain issues pertaining to public takeovers in the securities market and publish certain such decisions.
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