# Commission Directive 2006/73/EC of 10 August 2006 implementing Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards organisational requirements and operating conditions for investment firms and defined terms for the purposes of that Directive (Text with EEA relevance), Article 52: (Article 4(1)(4) of Directive 2004/39/EC)Investment advice

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purposes of the definition of ‘investment advice’ in Article 4(1)(4) of Directive 2004/39/EC, a personal recommendation is a recommendation that is made to a person in his capacity as an investor or potential investor, or in his capacity as an agent for an investor or potential investor.
That recommendation must be presented as suitable for that person, or must be based on a consideration of the circumstances of that person, and must constitute a recommendation to take one of the following sets of steps:
(a) to buy, sell, subscribe for, exchange, redeem, hold or underwrite a particular financial instrument;
(b) to exercise or not to exercise any right conferred by a particular financial instrument to buy, sell, subscribe for, exchange, or redeem a financial instrument.
A recommendation is not a personal recommendation if it is issued exclusively through distribution channels or to the public.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/73/article/52 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-73/article-52
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