> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://www.mica.wtf/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://www.mica.wtf/mar/chapter-3-disclosure-requirements-art.-17-21a/21.md).

# Art. 21 — Disclosure or dissemination of information in the media

MAR Article 21 — Disclosure or dissemination of information in the media. Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, Chapter 3 — Disclosure requirements.

For the purposes of [Article 10](/mar/chapter-2-inside-information-insider-dealing-unlawful-disclosure-of-inside-information-and-market-ma/10.md), [Article 12(1)](/mar/chapter-2-inside-information-insider-dealing-unlawful-disclosure-of-inside-information-and-market-ma/12.md)(c) and [Article 20](/mar/chapter-3-disclosure-requirements-art.-17-21a/20.md), where information is disclosed or disseminated and where recommendations are produced or disseminated for the purpose of journalism or other form of expression in the media, such disclosure or dissemination of information shall be assessed taking into account the rules governing the freedom of the press and freedom of expression in other media and the rules or codes governing the journalist profession, unless:

> **(a)**&#x74;he persons concerned, or persons closely associated with them, derive, directly or indirectly, an advantage or profits from the disclosure or the dissemination of the information in question; or
>
> **(b)**&#x74;he disclosure or the dissemination is made with the intention of misleading the market as to the supply of, demand for, or price of financial instruments.


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