EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE ON INSIDER DEALING
Market Abuse Directive defines insider dealing objectively
The European Court of Justice, in its decision dated 23 December 2009 (Case C‑45/08; Spector Photo Group NV and Chris Van Raemdonck versus Commissie voor het Bank-, Financie- en Assurantiewezen (CBFA)), has clarified the elements of insider dealing following a request from the Court of Appeal of Brussels.
The European Court of Justice was to interpret the expression ‘use of inside information’ in Article 2(1) of EU Directive 2003/6 (the Market Abuse Directive or MAD). That provision provides that the Member States are to prohibit any person referred to in …
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