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- 1 2 EU Legislation Summaries: Market abuse
- ↑ Willemijn de Jong (21 January 2013). "Tackling financial market abuse in the EU" (PDF). Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ↑ "Market Abuse Regulation". FCA. 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
