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AFM - Autoriteit Financiële Markten

The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten - AFM) is the responsible body to regulate the behaviour of all parties on the financial markets in the Netherlands. It was set up on 1 March 2002 as the successor to the Securities Board of the Netherlands (Stichting Toezicht Effectenverkeer - STE). The AFM office is located in Amsterdam, the centre of the Dutch financial community.

AMF - Autorité des marchés financiers

The AMF (Financial Market Authority) is an independent French State body which was created in August 2003, from the merger of the Commission des opérations de bourse (COB), the Conseil des marchés financiers (CMF) and the Conseil de discipline de la gestion financière (CDGF). It is charged, in France, with protecting investors, ensuring that operations are fair, and that information provided by issuers is also reliable. It also regualtes investment markets.

See also CNMV and BaFin.