1. The law of eachlaws of the Member States to whose jurisdictionof the merging companies wereand subjectof the company resulting from the merger shall determine, with respectregard to thetheir territoryrespective of that State,territories, the arrangements, in accordance with Article 16, for publicisingdisclosing the completion of the cross-border merger in thetheir public register in which each of the companies is required to file documents.registers.
2.Member States shall ensure that at least the following information is entered in their registers:
(a)in the register of the Member State of the company resulting from the merger, that the registration of the company resulting from the merger is the result of a cross-border merger;
(b)in the register of the Member State of the company resulting from the merger, the date of registration of the company resulting from the merger;
(c)in the register of the Member State of each merging company, that the striking off or removal of the merging company from the register is the result of a cross-border merger;
(d)in the register of the Member State of each merging company, the date of striking off or removal of the merging company from the register;
(e)in the registers of the Member States of each merging company and of the Member State of the company resulting from the merger, respectively, the registration number, name and legal form of each merging company and of the company resulting from the merger.
The registers shall make the information referred to in the first subparagraph publicly available and accessible through the system of interconnection of registers.
3. TheMember registryStates forshall ensure that the registrationregister in the Member State of the company resulting from the cross-border merger shallnotifies notify,the register in the Member State of each of the merging companies, through the system of interconnection of registers established in accordance with Article 22(2) and without delay, the registry in which each of the companies was required to file documentsregisters, that the cross-border merger has taken effect. DeletionMember States shall also ensure that the registration of the oldmerging registration,company ifis applicable,struck shalloff beor effectedremoved onfrom the register immediately upon receipt of that notification, and not before.notification.