WHEN IS A PROSPECTUS REQUIRED?
The Netherlands, Curaçao, St. Maarten and the BES-islands compared
The Netherlands
The legal system in the Netherlands has a European origin. We will not discuss this further here.* Chapter 5.1 of the Dutch Financial Supervision Act (Wet op het financieel toezicht: ‘Wft’) includes the rules for offering securities.
Section 5:2 Wft stipulates:
“It is forbidden in the Netherlands to offer securities to the general public or to allow securities to be traded in a regulated market situated or operating in the Netherlands unless – with regard to the offering or the admission – a prospectus is generally available which has …
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