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The Laws and Regulations that govern the Cyprus Capital Market are represented below in an Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.

 
No. Law / Regulation Publication Date Amendments Description
1 Law Regulating the Structure, Responsibilities, Powers, Organisation of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (consolidated with L.5(I)/2012) 10/07/2009 & 24/02/2012 L5(Ι)/2012 Law Regulating the Structure, Responsibilities, Powers, Organisation of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (consolidated with L.5(I)/2012)
2 Transparency Laws (Separate Documents) 31/12/2007, 10/07/2009 & 26/10/2012 L72(Ι)/2009 Law (L190(I)/2007), Amendment of the Law (L72(I)/2009) as well as unofficial consolidation providing for transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market
3 Law 144 (Ι)/2007 26/10/2007 & 9/11/2012 106(I)/2009 Unofficial consolidation of the Law which provides for the provision of investment services, the exercise of investment activities, the operation of regulated markets and other related matters
4 Regulations under Sections 53(3), 56(3), 58(2) and 72 of Investment Firms Laws 30/4/2004 Consolidated Regulations based on the Investment Firms Law
5 Law 78(Ι)/2012 15/06/2012 Open-Ended Undertakings for Collective Investment (UCI) Law of 2012
6 Law 114(Ι)/2005 9/9/2005 & 26/10/2012 Law providing for the conditions for making an offer to the public of securities, on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public.
7 Regulation 486/2012 9/7/2012 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 486/2012 of 30 March 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 809/2004 as regards the format and the content of the prospectus, the base prospectus, the summary and the final terms and as regards the disclosure requirements
8 Law 116(I)/2005 (consolidated) 09/09/2005, 31/12/2007 & 26/10/2012 L191(Ι)/2007 Consolidated Market Abuse Law
9 Law 41(I)/2007 (consolidated) 05/04/2007 47(Ι)/2009 Unofficial consolidation of Laws 41(I)/2007 and 47(Ι)/2009 to make provision for public takeover bids for the acquisition of securities of companies
10 Law 188(I)/2007 (consolidated with L58(I)/2010) 31/12/2007 L58(I)/2010 The Prevention and Suppresion of Money Laundering Activities Law (consolidated with L58(I)/2010)
11 Law 196(Ι)/2012 regulating companies providing administrative services and related matters 21/12/2012 Law regulating companies providing administrative services and related matters
12 Regulation 862/2012 22/09/2012 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 862/2012 of 4 June 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 809/2004 as regards information on the consent to use of the prospectus, information on underlying indexes and the requirement for a report prepared by independent accountants or auditors
12 Regulation 211/2007 European Union Regulation regarding amending Regulation 809/2004 for the implementation of European Directive 2003/71/EK
13 Regulation 1787/2006 European Union Regulation regarding information contained in Prospectuses
14 Regulation 2273/2003 Implementing Directive 2003/6/EK of the European Parliament and of the Council
15 Regulation 809/2004 Implementing Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
16 Commission Regulation 584-2010 implementing Directive 2009-65-EU
18 Regulation 345/2013 on European venture capital funds Regarding European venture capital funds
19 Regulation 346/2013 on European social entrepreneurship funds Regarding European social entrepreneurship funds
19 Law 36(Ι)/1999 No longer in effect and replaced by Law 116(Ι)/2005
20 Law 148(I) 2002 26/7/2002 214(I)/2002,86(I)/2003,194(I)/2003,195(I)/2003,145(I)/2004,238(Ι)/2004 and 98(I)/2005. Νo longer in effect and replaced by Law 144(Ι)/2007
21 Law 149(Ι)/2002 No longer in effect and replaced by Law 114(I)/2005
22 Regulation 128/2000 Νo longer in effect and replaced by Law 116(Ι)/2005
23 Law 200(I)/2004 (separated files) 30/04/2004 59(I)/2008 Νo longer in effect and replaced by Law Ν.78(Ι)/2012
24 Law 64(I) 2001 20/4/2001 157(I)/2002 , 71(I)/2004, and 187(I)/2004 No longer in effect and replaced by Law 73(Ι)/2009