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Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading and amending Directive 2001/34/EC Commission Directive 2003/124/EC of 22 December 2003 implementing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the definition and public disclosure of inside information and the definition of market manipulation Commission Directive 2003/125/EC of 22 December 2003 implementing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the fair presentation of investment recommendations and the disclosure of conflicts of interest Official Journal of the EU L 339 of 24 December 2003 and L 345 of 31 December 2003

Judgment of the Court of Justice in Kühne & Heitz (Case C-453/00) of 20 November 2003

Council Directive 2003/123/EC of 22 December 2003 amending Directive 90/435/EEC on the common system of taxation applicable in the case of parent companies and subsidiaries of different Member States Official Journal of the EU L 7 of 13 January 2004

Judgement of the Court of First Instance of 17 June 2003 in case T-52/00 Coe Clerici Logistics SpA v Commission

Commission Recommendation of February 2003 on relevant product and service markets within the electronic communications sector susceptible to ex ante regulation in accordance with Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services Official Journal of the European Union of 8 May 2003, L 114, p. 45

Judgements of European Court of Justice in Cases C-98/01 Commission v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and C-463/00 Commission v Kingdom of Spain, Official Journal of the European Union of 5 July 2003, C 158, p. 3 and 4

(This note is based on the informal version of the Treaty of Accession as made available on www.europa.eu.int . The Treaty of Accession should be published in the Official Journal of the European Union during the second half of 2003.)

Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on Insider Dealing and Market Manipulation (Market Abuse Directive) Official Journal of the European Union of 12 April 2003, L 96, p. 16

Model Text for Divestiture Commitments, Model Text of Trustee Mandates, Best Practice Guidelines (Published on the following European Commission web page )

Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 68/151/EEC, as regards disclosure requirements in respect of certain types of companies (The official texts will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union in the forthcoming weeks)

Commission Decision of 14 April 2003 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to tourist accommodation service no. 2003/287/EC Official Journal of the European Union of 24 April 2003, L 102, p. 82