# Qualifying holdings directive

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## Definition

EU directive aimed at making long-term equity investments in an insurance company or bank by a natural or legal person transparent. The respective supervisory authority may, if necessary, prohibit the acquisition or increase of a shareholding. - See Notification of Participations, Ownership Control Ordinance, Disclosure of Voting Rights. - Cf. BaFin Annual Report 2008, pp. 71 f., 106 f. (details of transposition into German law; cooperation between supervisory authorities in the EU with regard to the circumstances specified in the Directive; case law), BaFin Annual Report 2010 (new statutory provisions in the wake of the Act to Strengthen Investor Protection and Improve the Functioning of the Capital Market [AnsFuG]), and the respective BaFin Annual Report, chapter "Supervision of Securities Trading and Investment Business." Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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