🔔 ESMA Prospectus Register Check

One prospectus_check verdict per issuer name you submit, resolved against ESMA's official Prospectus Register (the EU register of approved prospectuses and final terms, read through its public search service at registers.esma.europa.eu). A verification CHECK, not a dump: each query comes back FOUND — with the issuer's registered name, the count of approved documents, the date of the latest approval filing, the document types seen and the national document id as evidence — or NOT_FOUND (the register has no such issuer), AMBIGUOUS (several issuers match; the candidates are listed so you can refine the query), or SERVICE_FAULT (the register did not answer, which is never billed).

Built for capital-markets compliance, KYC and onboarding teams, fund administrators and anyone who must confirm that an issuer has an ESMA-approved prospectus on file before relying on it.

Output is one prospectus_check row per result; billing is pay-per-event, the value event being one prospectus check (a $0.02 start fee per run, then $0.05 per prospectus check). Source: registers.esma.europa.eu.

No login, no API key and no CAPTCHA solving are involved: the source is read logged-out with an identified contact User-Agent.

📊 Sample Output

Real rows from run fqxLXAK1cwZ598dWc on build 0.1.7 (2026-09-18), the same input as the Quick start below — every value is as the source published it (emails masked, long text shortened):

input	query	verdict	issuer_name	latest_approval_filing_date	sample_doc_types
UBS AG	UBS AG	FOUND	UBS AG	2026-09-16T00:00:00Z	Final terms, including the summary of the individual issue annexed to
Barclays Bank PLC	Barclays Bank PLC	FOUND	Barclays Bank PLC	2021-04-16T00:00:00Z	Final terms, including the summary of the individual issue annexed to
ZZZ Notareal Issuer 999	ZZZ Notareal Issuer 999	NOT_FOUND

The run finished with the status message: PARTIAL: 2 resolved (1 not-found, 0 ambiguous, 0 service-fault, 0 unparseable) of 3 | answers billable=2 | prospectus_check charged=2

✅ What you get

Each row is flat JSON with these fields (from the dataset schema and the sample run; a field the source does not publish for a given row is null):

• record_type (string) — e.g. prospectus_check
• input (string/null) — e.g. UBS AG
• query (string/null) — e.g. UBS AG
• source (string/null) — e.g. https://registers.esma.europa.eu/solr/esma_registers_priii_securities/select
• verdict (string/null) — e.g. FOUND
• issuer_name (string/null) — e.g. UBS AG
• approved_document_count (string/null) — e.g. 3959668
• latest_approval_filing_date (string/null) — e.g. 2026-09-16T00:00:00Z
• sample_doc_types (string/null) — e.g. Final terms, including the summary of the individual issue annexed to them
• national_doc_id (string/null) — e.g. DE000UP32U54
• candidates (string/null) — null in every sample row
• unbilled_reason (string/null) — e.g. not_found: no approved prospectus documents for this exact issuer

⚙️ Sample inputs

1. Quick start — the Store example (this is what the sample above came from)

{
  "queries": [
    "UBS AG",
    "Barclays Bank PLC",
    "ZZZ Notareal Issuer 999"
  ]
}

The sample run charged exactly: 1 × $0.02 apify-actor-start + 2 × $0.05 prospectus_check = $0.12 on the Free tier — every delivered row was billed.

This actor takes no size cap or filter beyond the input above, so the Store example is the one input to run; put it on a schedule to keep the data current.

🧾 JSON sample record

One real record from run fqxLXAK1cwZ598dWc, exactly as it lands in the dataset (emails masked, long text shortened):

{
  "record_type": "prospectus_check",
  "input": "UBS AG",
  "query": "UBS AG",
  "source": "https://registers.esma.europa.eu/solr/esma_registers_priii_securities/select",
  "verdict": "FOUND",
  "issuer_name": "UBS AG",
  "approved_document_count": "3959668",
  "latest_approval_filing_date": "2026-09-16T00:00:00Z",
  "sample_doc_types": "Final terms, including the summary of the individual issue annexed to them",
  "national_doc_id": "DE000UP32U54",
  "candidates": null,
  "unbilled_reason": null
}

🔧 How it works

Source. The actor reads registers.esma.europa.eu — endpoints: https://registers.esma.europa.eu/solr/esma_registers_priii_securities/select. Public pages and feeds only; nothing behind a login.

Transport. Plain HTTPS from the Apify platform, no proxy. Every request carries an identified contact User-Agent.

Charging. Each prospectus check is charged at the moment it is pushed (prospectus_check); a row that fails to charge is not delivered, so the dataset count always equals the charged count.

Source. ESMA's Prospectus Register search service (https://registers.esma.europa.eu/solr/esma_registers_priii_securities/select), the same endpoint the register's own website queries; public, keyless, read logged-out with an identified contact User-Agent.

Resolution. Each query is matched against issuer names in the register. One issuer with approved documents = FOUND; no issuer = NOT_FOUND; several plausible issuers = AMBIGUOUS with the candidate list in the row; a register error or timeout = SERVICE_FAULT.

What counts as a completed check. FOUND, NOT_FOUND and AMBIGUOUS are completed official answers and each is billed once. SERVICE_FAULT and an unparseable query are delivered with unbilled_reason and never charged. A run in which no query could be answered fails loud and charges nothing.

Batch size. Up to the input's hard maximum of queries per run; each query is one request to the register.

What is not done. No login, no cookie or CAPTCHA bypass, no private or personal-account data, no browser automation.

💰 Pricing example

Event	Free	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Actor Start (apify-actor-start)	$0.02	$0.02	$0.02	$0.02
Prospectus check (prospectus_check)	$0.05	$0.045	$0.04	$0.0335

Worked at the live Free-tier price:

• 3 prospectus checks: $0.02 start + 3 × $0.05 = $0.17
• 25 prospectus checks: $0.02 start + 25 × $0.05 = $1.27
• 100 prospectus checks: $0.02 start + 100 × $0.05 = $5.02

A run that delivers zero rows charges the $0.02 start fee only. A BLOCKED run (source refused) fails loud and charges no value event. The start fee is charged once per GB of run memory; the default run memory is 4096 MB.

Yield on the sample run: PARTIAL: 2 resolved (1 not-found, 0 ambiguous, 0 service-fault, 0 unparseable) of 3 | answers billable=2 | prospectus_check charged=2.

⚖️ Legal & ToS

This actor reads public, logged-out pages and feeds published by registers.esma.europa.eu. It collects only what the source publishes to any visitor, identifies itself with a contact User-Agent, and does not access accounts, private data or anything behind authentication. Use the output in line with the source's terms and your local law; the intended use is B2B research and monitoring.

❓ FAQ

Q: Do I need an API key or a login?
A: No. The source (registers.esma.europa.eu) is read logged-out; the input schema has no key field and the actor carries no secrets.

Q: Why did my run return 0 rows?
A: Read the run's status message. GENUINE_EMPTY means the source was read and had nothing in scope for your input; BLOCKED means the source refused and the run failed without billing a value event — retry later or narrow the input. A zero-row run bills the start fee only.

Q: How fresh is the data?
A: Every run reads the source live at run time; nothing is cached between runs. Put it on a schedule for a continuous feed.

Q: What formats can I export?
A: The dataset downloads as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or RSS from the run's Dataset tab or the Apify API, and any run can push to a webhook or integration.

Q: How is this different from the other NexGen Watch actors actors?
A: Same output shape and billing model; this one covers registers.esma.europa.eu. The siblings under Related Actors cover the other sources or slices — run several on one schedule for a combined feed.

Q: Are there rate limits?
A: The actor paces itself against the source; there is no per-buyer limit beyond your Apify plan's concurrency.

🆘 Troubleshooting

• Run FAILED with BLOCKED → the source refused the request or changed its page shape → nothing was billed beyond the start fee; retry after a while, and if it persists open an Issue with the run id.
• Fewer rows than expected → the source had fewer items in scope → widen the input.
• Input validation error on start → a field is outside the schema's allowed values → start from the Quick start block and change one field at a time.
• Run TIMED-OUT → a very wide request on a slow day → raise the run timeout in Run options or narrow the input; what was delivered before the timeout is still in the dataset.

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