What changes on 20/05/2004

The text in force from 23/12/2003 compared with the text from 20/05/2004.

Read the act as of 20/05/2004 · other versions: 20/04/2009 · 02/07/2014 · 12/08/2022 · 09/01/2024

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• inserted Recital 1
• inserted Recital 2
• inserted Recital 3
• inserted Recital 4
• inserted Recital 5
• inserted Recital 6
• inserted Recital 7
• inserted Recital 8
• inserted Recital 9
• inserted Recital 10
• inserted Recital 11
• inserted Recital 12
• inserted Recital 13
• inserted Recital 14
• inserted Recital 15
• inserted Recital 16
• inserted Recital 17
• inserted Recital 18
• inserted Recital 19
• inserted Recital 20
• inserted Recital 21
• inserted Recital 22
• inserted Recital 23
• inserted Recital 24
• inserted Recital 25
• inserted Recital 26
• inserted Recital 27
• inserted Recital 28
• inserted Recital 29
• inserted Preamble
• inserted Article 1 - Scope
• inserted Article 2 - Definitions
• inserted Article 3 - General principles
• inserted Article 4 - Supervisory authority and applicable law
• inserted Article 5 - Protection of minority shareholders, the mandatory bid and the equitable price
• inserted Article 6 - Information concerning bids
• inserted Article 7 - Time allowed for acceptance
• inserted Article 8 - Disclosure
• inserted Article 9 - Obligations of the board of the offeree company
• inserted Article 10 - Information on companies as referred to in Article 1(1)
• inserted Article 11 - Breakthrough
• inserted Article 12 - Optional arrangements
• inserted Article 13 - Other rules applicable to the conduct of bids
• inserted Article 14 - Information for and consultation of employees' representatives
• inserted Article 15 - The right of squeeze-out
• inserted Article 16 - The right of sell-out
• inserted Article 17 - Sanctions
• inserted Article 18 - Committee procedure
• inserted Article 19 - Contact committee
• inserted Article 20 - Revision
• inserted Article 21 - Transposition
• inserted Article 22 - Entry into force
• inserted Article 23 - Addressees