will interest all those engaged in Financial Services Regulation be they students, scholars, policy researchers or practitioners. KnowEurope ... an essential analysis of Community securities regulation as it has developed, an analysis that will be critical to the understanding of the regime that eventually emerges and should be influential in shaping its continuing evolution. European Law Review This latest contribution to the Oxford EC Law Library series is both important and timely. It is important in delineating and placing on the map, as a discrete subject, that body of Community law that can now be regarded as its securities regulation regime and in producing such an authoritative text on the subject. European Law Review ... a 'must' for all those who are looking for a highly informative guide in the field of securities regulation, be they academics, practitioners or regulators. European Business Organization Law Review ... an extremely useful tool that is the first of its kind in this field. This book can either be used as a comprehensive guide to EC securities regulation or as a research tool in specific thematic areas, given that each chapter is autonomous in se. European Business Organization Law Review This book is destined to become a benchmark in its field ... the more one reads, the more one is impressed by the quality and thoroughness of the analysis. European Business Organization Law Review ... an excellent analysis of existing regulation and an invaluable guide to the emerging regime. The Cambridge Law Journal ... the overall structural and conceptual analysis is very detailed, and lucidly reveals common features of substantive EC securities regulation. The Cambridge Law Journal ... the first comprehensive study of EC securities regulation that both introduces its regulatory content and, in a more analytical approach, tries to distil its underlying principles from the patchwork of sources, to allow systematisaion and critical evaluation. The book is timely, as the amount of legislation produced by European institutions makes an attempt at consolidation and analytical penetration ever more indispensable.