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Article 20 is amended as follows: in paragraph 2, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘Where the competent authority fails to take a decision on the prospectus within the time limits laid down in the first subparagraph of this paragraph and in paragraphs 3, 6 and 6a, that competent authority shall notify the issuer, the offeror or the person asking for admission to trading on a regulated market, and ESMA, of the reasons for failing to take a decision. Such failure shall not be deemed to constitute approval of the application. Member States shall ensure that appropriate measures are in place to address any failure by competent authorities to comply with the time limits laid down in the first subparagraph of this paragraph and in paragraphs 3, 6 and 6a. ESMA shall make public on a yearly basis an aggregate report on the compliance of competent authorities with the time limits referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph and in paragraphs 3, 6 and 6a.’; paragraph 6a is replaced by the following: ‘6a. By way of derogation from paragraphs 2 and 4 of this Article, the time limits set out in paragraph 2, first subparagraph, and in paragraph 4 shall be reduced to seven working days for an EU Follow-on prospectus that is subject to the maximum length referred to in Article 14a(5) and (6). The issuer shall inform the competent authority at least five working days before the date envisaged for the submission of an application for approval. The reduced time limit set out in the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall not apply to an EU Follow-on prospectus drawn up by issuers as referred to in Article 14a(1), point (c).’ ; paragraph 11 is replaced by the following: ‘11. The Commission is empowered to adopt, after consulting with ESMA, delegated acts in accordance with Article 44 to supplement this Regulation by specifying the criteria for the scrutiny of prospectuses, in particular the completeness, comprehensibility and consistency of the information contained therein, and the procedures for the approval of the prospectus, and all of the following: The maximum timeframe referred to in point (c) of the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall take into account point (a) of that subparagraph, the average number of iterations between the issuer, offeror or person asking for admission to trading on a regulated market and the competent authority within the same application for approval of a draft prospectus, and the timeframes laid down in paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 6 and 6a. Where the competent authority fails to take a decision on the prospectus within the maximum timeframe referred to in point (c) of the first subparagraph of this paragraph, such failure shall not be deemed to constitute approval of the prospectus.’ ; the circumstances under which a competent authority is allowed to use additional criteria for the scrutiny of the prospectus, where deemed necessary for investor protection; the circumstances under which a competent authority is allowed, where deemed necessary for investor protection, to require information in addition to that which is required under Articles 6, 13, 14a, and 15a for drawing up a prospectus, an EU Follow-on prospectus or an EU Growth issuance prospectus, including the type of any additional information disclosed under the additional criteria referred to in point (a) of this subparagraph; the maximum overall timeframe within which the scrutiny of the prospectus is to be finalised and a decision reached by the competent authority on whether that prospectus is approved or the approval is refused and the review process terminated, and the conditions for possible derogations from that timeframe. paragraph 13 is deleted;

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-17 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.