I.-The admission of financial instruments and assets referred to in II of Article L. 421-1 to trading on a regulated market is decided by the market undertaking, in accordance with the rules of the market concerned.
These rules ensure that any of the aforementioned financial instruments or assets admitted to trading on a regulated market is likely to be traded in a fair, orderly and efficient manner and, in the case of the instruments mentioned in 1 and 2 of II of Article L. 211-1, to be traded freely.
II – The express agreement of the issuer is required for instruments referred to in 1 and 2 of II of Article L. 211-1 that are not already admitted to trading on another regulated market of a Member State of the European Union or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Where a financial instrument referred to in 1 or 2 of II of Article L. 211-1 is already admitted to trading on a regulated market in a Member State of the European Union or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, it may be admitted to trading on a regulated market without the issuer’s consent. In this case, the market undertaking shall inform the issuer, who shall not be under any obligation to provide information to the market undertaking.
III – The market rules must ensure that the characteristics of financial contracts permit orderly trading and, where appropriate, efficient settlement and delivery.
IV-The market undertaking shall establish and maintain arrangements to verify that issuers of the financial instruments referred to in 1 and 2 of II of Article L. 211-1 admitted to trading on a regulated market comply with the requirements applicable to them in terms of initial, periodic and specific information, and shall facilitate members’ access to the information that these issuers make public. The market undertaking shall put in place similar procedures in respect of persons liable for public information in relation to units mentioned in Article L. 229-7 of the Environment Code and the assets mentioned in II of Article L. 421-1 that it admits to trading.
V.-Where an issuer whose financial instruments are admitted to trading on a regulated market intends to apply for admission to trading of its financial instruments on a multilateral trading facility subject to the provisions of II of Article L. 433-3, it shall inform the public thereof under the conditions set by the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers at least two months before the intended date of admission to trading of the financial instruments on the multilateral trading facility concerned.
A resolution of the General Meeting shall decide on any application for admission to trading of financial instruments on the relevant multilateral trading facility. Such admission may not take place before the expiry of a period of two months from the date of the General Meeting.
The preceding paragraphs apply to companies with a market capitalisation of less than one billion euros.