1.  The competent authority of the home Member State of a third country issuer may approve a prospectus for an offer of securities to the public or for admission to trading on a regulated market, drawn up in accordance with, and which is subject to, the national laws of the third country issuer, provided that:

2.  In the case of an offer to the public or admission to trading on a regulated market of securities issued by a third country issuer, in a Member State other than the home Member State, the requirements set out in Articles 24, 25 and 27 shall apply.

3.  The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 44 to supplement this Regulation by establishing general equivalence criteria, based on the requirements laid down in Articles 6, 7, 8 and 13.

On the basis of the above criteria, the Commission may adopt an implementing decision stating that the information requirements imposed by the national law of a third country are equivalent to the requirements under this Regulation. Such implementing decision shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 45(2).