<!doctype html public «-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en»> http-equiv=content-type> The EU Market Abuse Directive came into effect on 2 July 2014. In addition to the ban on market abuse that gives the directive its name, it includes a ban on insider trading in European capital markets. In critical respects, key provisions of earlier ECJ rulings were adopted when formulating the Directive, and thus represent a major element of the new European insider trading law.
