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Legal framework

By means of Ordinance No. 806 of September 11, 1996, published in the Official Newspaper N° 186, volume 336 of October 4, 1996, the Organic Law of the Superintendence of Securities was approved as an autonomous entity, specialized in the regulation of the securities market. The creation law entered in validity on October 13, 1996, however the Superintendence of Securities began its functions starting from December 26, 1996.  

Besides its Organic Law this Institution pursues the enforcement of:

1. The Lay of the Securities Market 

2. The Internal General Regulation of Mercado de Valores, S.A. de C.V. (a Stock Exchange Office)

3. The Trade Code of the Republic of El Salvador, in the dispositions that apply to the securities market.

I t corresponds to this institution the inspection of: a) stock exchanges; b) Brokerage Houses; c) free warehouses; d) companies specialized in the deposit and custody of securities; e) risk classifiers; f) institutions that render services of auxiliary character to the securities market and, in general, the other entities that result affected by the law in the future. 

Additionally, it inspects and watches over issuers registered in the Public Securities Database regarding the obligations imposed by the Organic Law of the Superintendence of Securities and the Law of the Securities Market, as well as the external auditors registered in the Public Securities Database according to the dispositions issued by its Directive Council.  

Revision date: October 2009

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