S.I. No. 389/2015 - European Union (Short Selling) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 15th September, 2015.

I, MICHAEL NOONAN, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 20121 , hereby make the following regulations:

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Short Selling) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

Amendments to European Union (Short Selling) Regulations 2012

2. Regulation 5 of the European Union (Short Selling) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 340 of 2012 ) is amended—

(a) in paragraph (1), by substituting “may” for “shall”, and

(b) in paragraph (2), by substituting “the requirements of the Short Selling Regulation or a notice under paragraph (1)” for “the requirement of a notice under paragraph (1)”.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

10 September 2015.

MICHAEL NOONAN,

Minister for Finance.

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