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05/16/2008 18:00 CEST
European Energy Exchange AG
Augustusplatz 9
04109 Leipzig
Germany
Tel.: +49/341/21 56-0
Fax: +49/341/21 56-109
eMail: info@eex.com
Internet: www.eex.com

Exchange Supervisory Authority

Supervision according to the German Exchange Act

According to the German Exchange Act, the Saxon exchange supervisory authority is in charge of the legal supervision of the exchange and its executive bodies and of the market supervision of the trading participants. It is part of the Saxon Ministry of Economic Affairs and Labour.

The most important tasks of the exchange supervisory authority include the following:

  • Supervision of the bodies of the exchange,
  • supervision of the companies licensed to trade on the exchange in co-operation with the Market Surveillance Department of the exchange and the investigation of violations of provisions and orders under exchange law,
  • participation in legislation procedures and in the field of exchange policy.

Contact
Saxon Ministry of Economic Affairs and Labour
Exchange Supervisory Authority

Visitor address:
Wilhelm-Buck-Str. 2
01097 Dresden

Postal address:
01073 Dresden
E-mail: boersenaufsicht@smwa.sachsen.de


Further information
Exchange supervisory authority at the Saxon State Department for Economic Affairs and Labour: www.smwa.sachsen.de
Exchange supervisory authorities of the federal states: www.boersenaufsicht.de
Exchange Act: BörsG Date of issue: 16 July 2007


Supervision according to the German Securities Trading Act

The supervision according to the provisions of the German Securities Trading Act is exercised by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).

The most important tasks of this institution in the field of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) comprise the following:

  • supervision of the ban on insider trading according to art. 14 ff. of WpHG,
  • supervision of the ban on market price manipulations according to art. 20a WpHG.

Contact
Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
Securities Supervision

Visitor address:
Lurgiallee 12
60439 Frankfurt

Postal address:
PO box 50 01 54
60391 Frankfurt

Phone: 0228 / 4108 - 0
Fax: 0228 / 4108 - 123
E-mail: poststelle-ffm@bafin.de


Further information
BaFin: www.bafin.de
WpHG: http://www.bafin.de

 

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