17. 4. 80 Official Journal of the, European Communities No L 100/1 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL ~ COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 17 March 1980 coordinating the requirements for the drawing up, scrutiny and distribution of the listing particulars to be published for the admission: of securities to official stock exchange listing (80/390/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro- pean Economic Community, and in particular Articles 54 (3) (g) and 100 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commis- sion (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Par- liament (?), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Commiittee (%), Whereas the market in which undertakings operate has been enlarged to embrace the whole Community and this enlargement involves a corresponding increase in their financial requirements and exten- sion of the capital markets on which they must call to satisfy them; whereas admission to official listing on stock exchanges of Member States of securities issued by undertakings constitutes an important means of access to these capital markets; whereas furthermore exchange restrictions on the purchase of securities traded on the stock exchanges of another Member State have been eliminated as part of the liberalization of capital movements; Whereas safeguards for the protection of the inter- ests of actual and potential investors are required in (1) OJ No C 131, 13. 12. 1972, p. 61. () OJ No C 11,7.2. 1974, p. 24. (*) OJ No C 125, 16. 10. 1974, p. 1. most Member States of undertakings offering their securities to the public, either at the time of their offer or of their admission to official stock exchange listing; whereas such safeguards require the provi- sion of information which is sufficient and as objec-- tive -as possible concerning the- financial circum- stances of the issuer and particulars-of the securities for which admission to official listing is requested; whereas the form under which this information is required usually consists of the publication of listing particulars; Whereas the safeguards required differ from Mem- ber State to Member State, both as regards the con- - tents and the layout of the listing particulars and the efficacy, methods and timing of the chéck on the information given therein; whereas the effect of these differences is not only to make it more diffi- cult for undertakings to obtain admission of securi- ties to official listing on stock exchanges of several Member States but also to hinder the acquisition by investors residing in one Member State of securities listed on stock exchanges of other Member States and thus to inhibit the financing of the undertakings and investment throughout the Community; Whereas these differences should be eliminated by coordinating the rules and regulations without necessarily making them completely uniform, in order to achieve an adequate degree of equivalence in the safeguards required in each Member State to ensure the provision of information which is suffi- cient and as objective as possible for actual or potential security holders; whereas at the same time, taking into account the present degree of liberaliza- tion of capital movements in the Community and