Recital 11

Directive (EU) 2024/2811 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2024 amending Directive 2014/65/EU to make public capital markets in the Union more attractive for companies and to facilitate access to capital for small and medium-sized enterprises and repealing Directive 2001/34/EC (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

(11) Directive 2014/65/EU, like Directive 2001/34/EC, provides for the regulation of markets in financial instruments and strengthens investor protection in the Union. Directive 2014/65/EU also sets out rules on the admission of financial instruments to trading. Extending the scope of Directive 2014/65/EU to cover specific provisions of Directive 2001/34/EC will ensure that all relevant provisions from Directive 2001/34/EC are maintained. A number of provisions of Directive 2001/34/EC, including the requirements on free float and market capitalisation which still apply, are enforced by competent authorities and are considered important rules for seeking the admission to trading of shares on regulated markets in the Union by market participants. It is therefore necessary to transfer those rules to Directive 2014/65/EU in order to set out, in a new provision of that Directive, specific minimum conditions for the admission to trading of shares on regulated markets. The application of that new provision should complement the general provisions on the admission of financial instrument to trading laid down in Directive 2014/65/EU.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-16 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.