--- title: "Article 21 — Disclosure or dissemination of information in the media" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02014R0596-20260605" source_retrieved: 2026-10-01 shortTitle: "Article 21 — Disclosure or dissemination of information in the media" instrument_type: level1_regulation authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: "Regulation (EU) No 596/2014" instrument: mar celex: "32014R0596" regulation: MAR regulation-full: "Regulation (EU) No 596/2014" article: 21 status: in_force object_id: eu.mar.legal_text.article.21 text_version: "Consolidated version of 5 June 2026" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02014R0596-20260605" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-10-26 --- *In force · Consolidated version of 5 June 2026 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02014R0596-20260605)* For the purposes of [Article 10](10.md), [Article 12(1)](12.md)(c) and [Article 20](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)** the 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)** the 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. *** [Chapter 3 — Disclosure requirements](../chapters/3.md) · [← Article 20](20.md) · [Article 21a →](21a.md)