rec_47

(47) In order to strengthen the protection for non-sophisticated investors, it is necessary to make provisions for a reflection period during which a prospective non-sophisticated investor can revoke an offer to invest or an expression of interest in a particular crowdfunding offer without giving a reason and without incurring a penalty. That is necessary to avoid a situation where a prospective non-sophisticated investor, by accepting a crowdfunding offer, thereby also accepts an offer to enter into a legally binding contract without any possibility of retraction within an adequate period of time. The period of reflection is not necessary when a prospective non-sophisticated investor can express an interest in a particular crowdfunding offer without also thereby binding him or herself to a contract, except in the situation when such an offer to invest is made or such an expression of interest is expressed at a moment close to the scheduled expiry date of the offer or to the date of reaching the target funding goal. Crowdfunding service providers should ensure that no money is collected from the investor or transferred to the project owner before the reflection period has expired.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.