# Criminal sanctions for market abuse (market abuse directive)

European Parliament procedure 2011/0297(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 7th term, committee ECON / JURI / LIBE). Stage: Procedure completed. 82 committee amendments tabled by 17 Members between 2012-05-10 and 2012-07-13.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier concerns criminal sanctions for market abuse under the market abuse directive. The amendments address minimum rules for criminal sanctions for insider dealing and market manipulation, the definitions of financial instrument, inside information, commodity and buy-back programme, manipulation of indexes such as LIBOR and EURIBOR, exemptions for journalism, research and market-making, liability of legal persons, and fundamental rights under the Charter.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN | Finland | PPE | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/40599.md |
| Elena BĂSESCU | Romania | PPE | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96814.md |
| Sebastian Valentin BODU | Romania | PPE | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/39722.md |
| Emine BOZKURT | Netherlands | S&D | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28171.md |
| Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS | Spain | ALDE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97203.md |
| Bogusław SONIK | Poland | PPE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28299.md |
| Wolf KLINZ | Germany | ALDE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28244.md |
| Arlene McCARTHY | United Kingdom | S&D | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2173.md |
| Elisa FERREIRA | Portugal | S&D | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28308.md |
| Sven GIEGOLD | Germany | Verts/ALE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96730.md |
| Kay SWINBURNE | United Kingdom | ECR | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96920.md |
| Sylvie GOULARD | France | ALDE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97137.md |
| Sharon BOWLES | United Kingdom | ALDE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/33570.md |
| Krišjānis KARIŅŠ | Latvia | PPE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96901.md |
| Evelyn REGNER | Austria | S&D | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96998.md |

## Official source documents

- PE489.420: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-489.420+02+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE489.433: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-489.433+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE490.975: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-490.975+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2011-0297-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2011-0297-COD.json

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