{"id":8741,"date":"2016-04-14T10:34:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T08:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/en\/?page_id=8741"},"modified":"2026-07-08T18:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:11:12","slug":"approval-procedures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/en\/capital-markets\/supervision-of-issuers\/prospectus-supervision\/approval-procedures\/","title":{"rendered":"Approval procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><h3>Registration as Submitter of Prospectuses<\/h3><p>The FMA is competent under the Capital Market Act 2019 (KMG 2019; Kapitalmarktgesetz 2019) for the checking and approval of single-part and multiple-part securities prospectuses (see &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/en\/glossary\/prospectus-approval\/\">Prospectus Approval<\/a>&rdquo;), registration forms and supplements. With effect from 01.01.2027 it will also be responsible for the approval of investment prospectused Every prospectus&nbsp;or part thereof that is filed with the FMA, leads to the initiation of an official procedure. Documents must be submitted electronically via the FMA&rsquo;s electronic prospectus approval portal &ndash; the Secure Electronic Prospectus Portal (SEPP).<\/p><p>In order to be able to access the electronic prospectus approval portal, the submitter of the prospectus must first register.<\/p><p>Personal data and a copy of an official photo identification document (e.g. a passport, or a lawyer&rsquo;s identity card etc.) must be uploaded to verify the identity of the submitter of prospectuses during the registration process. In addition, details are also required to be entered about the entity that the submitter of prospectuses is representing. Once all information has been submitted in full, the registration must be sent off by the person making the registration. The data is then checked by the FMA and then subsequently approved. The prospectus submitter is now able to log in using the e-mail address and password that they have selected. The prospectus submitter is also required to link their account with their ID Austria (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oesterreich.gv.at\/en\/id-austria.html\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.oesterreich.gv.at\/en\/id-austria.html<\/a>) to prove their identity.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/webhost.fma.gv.at\/epass2\/Registration\/Registration\">Registration<\/a><\/p><p>Further information about registration can be found in the &ldquo;documents&rdquo; section at the end of this page.<\/p><h3>Electronic submission<\/h3><p><strong>For all applications for approval (e.g. prospectuses, registration forms, supplements), please use the following access: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/webhost.fma.gv.at\/epass2\/\">https:\/\/webhost.fma.gv.at\/epass2\/<\/a><\/p><p>Once registration as a submitter of prospectuses have been successfully conducted, it is possible to submit a prospectus, registration form or universal registration document or a supplement. It is not necessary to physically submit the prospectus.<\/p><p>The submitter of prospectuses can only see those documents in the electronic prospectus approval portal which he\/she either submitted or for which he\/she was listed as the representative for the original prospectus submitter.<\/p><p>For every initial submission of a prospectus the prospectus submitter is required to state in which capacity he\/she is submitting the prospectus. In the case of lawyers admitted to practise in Austria, it is generally sufficient to refer to having been granted power of attorney. If someone is acting as the submitter of the prospectus (e.g. employers of the issuer, advisers etc.) then a power of attorney must be submitted to the FMA. A sample power of attorney form (in German) can be found in the &ldquo;Documents&rdquo; section at the end of the page.<\/p><p>Should a notification pursuant to Article 25 or 26 of Regulation (EU) 2017\/1129 be intended, then those countries must be selected in which the registration document, the universal registration document, the prospectus or the supplement should be notified.<\/p><p>The documents submitted for filing or approved, the documents that are referred to (incorporated documents) must also be uploaded via the electronic prospectus approval portal when submitting the prospectus.<\/p><h3>Improvement orders and resubmissions<\/h3><p>Following receipt of the application by the FMA, the period specified in Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2017\/1129 begins, at the end of which either an improvement order (in the form of comments provided to the applicant) or an approval in the form of an administrative decision is issued.<\/p><p>In the event of an improvement order being issued (and the period interrupted) the subsequent submission of revised versions of the prospectus is done electronically using the electronic prospectus approval portal (including a version that indicates the changes made to the previous version).<\/p><h3>Approval<\/h3><p>As soon as the improvement order has been fully implemented in a submitted version of the prospectus, the file version of the prospectus may be filed. It is not necessary for the final version to be signed by the issuer.<\/p><p>The final version of the securities prospectus, the registration document, the supplement to a securities prospectus as well as the investment prospectus&nbsp;with effect from 01.01.2027, then have the FMA&rsquo;s signature applied.<\/p><p>With effect from 21.07.2019 publication was transferred to the Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG in its function as the notification office in the form of a transfer agreement pursuant to Article 13 para. 3 KMG 2019. Further information can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/en\/capital-markets\/prospectus-supervision\/publications-of-the-prospectus-regime\/\">here<\/a>. In the case of supplements to prospectuses approved after 21.07.2019, unlike the case that existed under the previous legal situation, the same publication and filing regulations must be observed as for prospectuses. As is the case for prospectuses, supplements are also only allowed to be published and filed once approval has been granted.<\/p><h3>Obligation to pay fees<\/h3><p>An application for the approval of a prospectus or a supplement or the approval of a registration document triggers the obligation to pay a fee pursuant to Part 1 Article 1 para.1 in conjunction with Part 1 Fee Items (TP) III.H.1 to H.12 on the FMA Regulation on Fees for Financial Market Supervision (FMA-GebV; Verordnung der Finanzmarktaufsichtsbeh&ouml;rde &uuml;ber die Geb&uuml;hren der Finanzmarktaufsicht), published in Federal Law Gazette II no. 230\/2004 as amended.<\/p><p>In the case of a prospectus as a standalone document the fee is EUR 7,000 and for the approval of a registration document or a securities description EUR 3,500. The fee for a supplement is EUR 750.00.&nbsp; The approval of the omission of certain information in the prospectus pursuant to Article 18 (1) of Regulation (EU) 2017\/1129 is EUR 150 per omission.<\/p><p>The detailed list of all charges can be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ris.bka.gv.at\/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&amp;Gesetzesnummer=20003389\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FMA-GebV<\/a>.<\/p><p>The fee must be paid within 14 days of delivery of the administrative containing the fee notice into the account held at the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (IBAN AT550010000000115525, BIC NABAATWW). payee &ldquo;Finanzmarktaufsichtsbeh&ouml;rde gem&auml;&szlig; Finanzmarktaufsichtsgesetz, BGBl. I Nr. 97\/2001 Subkonto f&uuml;r Geb&uuml;hreneinnahmen&rdquo;.<\/p><h3>Note to applicants<\/h3><p>The securities prospectus or the individual parts of a multi-part prospectus, and with effect from 01.01.2027 the investment prospectus, should by and large already be complete when being submitted for the first time. Apart from a few details that only become known just prior to approval, all details concerning the offer procedure, the issuer and the securities\/investments should already be contained in the initial submission, in the case that the issuer has targeted a certain schedule and approval date. Exceptions to this are admissible only to the extent explicitly agreed upon within the scope of a preliminary enquiry.<\/p><p>The FMA therefore requests that the schedules for prospectus approval are coordinated at an early stage with the FMA&rsquo;s Capital Market Prospectuses team.<\/p><p>For the legally valid filing of electronic, spoken, telephonic and written submissions (Article 13 para. 1 AVG in its current version) to the FMA, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/en\/contact\/\">FMA&rsquo;s business hours<\/a> shall apply.<\/p><h2><strong>Notifications to the Oesterreichische Kontrollbank (OeKB) in its capacity as the Notification Office in accordance with Article 23 KMG 2019<\/strong><\/h2><p>For information about the mandatory notifications to be made to the Notification Office see the details on the page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/en\/capital-markets\/supervision-of-issuers\/prospectus-supervision\/cooperation-with-the-notification-office-under-the-kmg\/\">Cooperation with the Notification Office under the KMG<\/a>.<\/p><h2>Documents<\/h2><p>\n<div id=\"reference-6a537b651fc9d\" class=\"reference\"><h2 class=\"reference-heading\"><span class=\"fa-solid fa-circle-info fa-fw\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>Information<\/h2><p> <a href=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/dw-fma\/download.php?d=4030&nonce=ecc49d109de035c1\" class=\"internal single-document-reference piwik_download\">Short Guide - Instructions about Registration (<span class=\"sr-only\">Format: <\/span>pdf, <span class=\"sr-only\">Size: <\/span>397,5 KB, <span class=\"sr-only\">Language: <\/span>English)<\/a> <a href=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/dw-fma\/download.php?d=4031&nonce=ca6c056c81e70027\" class=\"internal single-document-reference piwik_download\">Sample Power of Attorney Form (<span class=\"sr-only\">Format: <\/span>docx, <span class=\"sr-only\">Size: <\/span>34,0 KB, <span class=\"sr-only\">Language: <\/span>English)<\/a> <a href=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/dw-fma\/download.php?d=4032&nonce=35d5c454944b8841\" class=\"internal single-document-reference piwik_download\">Schedule D Prospectus - Information about Summary (<span class=\"sr-only\">Format: <\/span>pdf, <span class=\"sr-only\">Size: <\/span>225,9 KB, <span class=\"sr-only\">Language: <\/span>English)<\/a> <a href=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/dw-fma\/download.php?d=7948&nonce=02626ebf81e5ad08\" class=\"internal single-document-reference piwik_download\">Information and Prospectus Requirements (<span class=\"sr-only\">Format: <\/span>pdf, <span class=\"sr-only\">Size: <\/span>151,6 KB, <span class=\"sr-only\">Language: <\/span>English)<\/a> <\/div><p>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Registration as Submitter of ProspectusesThe FMA is competent under the Capital Market Act 2019 (KMG 2019; 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