What changes on 20/07/2017
The text in force from 01/01/2005 compared with the text from 20/07/2017.
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Title I › Chapter I
- inserted Article 1 - Subject matter
Title I › Chapter II › Section 1
- inserted Article 2 - Scope
- inserted Article 3 - Compulsory information to be provided in the statutes or instruments of incorporation
- inserted Article 4 - Compulsory information to be provided in the statutes or instruments of incorporation or separate documents
- inserted Article 5 - Authorisation for commencing business
- inserted Article 6 - Multiple-member companies
Title I › Chapter II › Section 2
- inserted Article 7 - General provisions and joint and several liability
- inserted Article 8 - Effects of disclosure with respect to third parties
- inserted Article 9 - Acts of the organs of a company and its representation
- inserted Article 10 - Drawing up and certification of the instrument of constitution and the company statutes in due legal form
- inserted Article 11 - Conditions for nullity of a company
- inserted Article 12 - Consequences of nullity
Title I › Chapter III › Section 1
- inserted Article 13 - Scope
- inserted Article 14 - Documents and particulars to be disclosed by companies
- inserted Article 15 - Changes in documents and particulars
- inserted Article 16 - Disclosure in the register
- inserted Article 17 - Up-to-date information on national law with regard to the rights of third parties
- inserted Article 18 - Availability of electronic copies of documents and particulars
- inserted Article 19 - Fees chargeable for documents and particulars
- inserted Article 20 - Information on the opening and termination of winding-up or insolvency proceedings and on striking-off of a company from the register
- inserted Article 21 - Language of disclosure and translation of documents and particulars to be disclosed
- inserted Article 22 - System of interconnection of registers
- inserted Article 23 - Development and operation of the platform
- inserted Article 24 - Implementing acts
- inserted Article 25 - Financing
- inserted Article 26 - Information on letters and order forms
- inserted Article 27 - Persons carrying out disclosure formalities
- inserted Article 28 - Penalties
Title I › Chapter III › Section 2
- inserted Article 29 - Disclosure of documents and particulars relating to a branch
- inserted Article 30 - Documents and particulars to be disclosed
- inserted Article 31 - Limits on the compulsory disclosure of accounting documents
- inserted Article 32 - Language of disclosure and translation of documents to be disclosed
- inserted Article 33 - Disclosure in cases of multiple branches in a Member State
- inserted Article 34 - Information on the opening and termination of winding-up or insolvency proceedings and on striking-off of the company from the register
- inserted Article 35 - Information on letters and order forms
Title I › Chapter III › Section 3
- inserted Article 36 - Disclosure of documents and particulars relating to a branch
- inserted Article 37 - Compulsory documents and particulars to be disclosed
- inserted Article 38 - Limits of compulsory disclosure of accounting documents
- inserted Article 39 - Information on letters and order forms
Title I › Chapter III › Section 4
- inserted Article 40 - Penalties
- inserted Article 41 - Persons carrying out disclosure formalities
- inserted Article 42 - Exemptions to provisions on disclosure of accounting documents for branches
- inserted Article 43 - Contact Committee
Title I › Chapter IV › Section 1
- inserted Article 44 - General provisions
- inserted Article 45 - Minimum capital
- inserted Article 46 - Assets
- inserted Article 47 - Issuing price of shares
- inserted Article 48 - Paying up of shares issued for a consideration
Title I › Chapter IV › Section 2
- inserted Article 49 - Experts' report on consideration other than in cash
- inserted Article 50 - Derogation from the requirement for an experts' report
- inserted Article 51 - Consideration other than in cash without an experts' report
- inserted Article 52 - Substantial acquisitions after incorporation or authorisation to commence business
- inserted Article 53 - Shareholders' obligation to pay up contributions
- inserted Article 54 - Safeguards in the event of conversion
- inserted Article 55 - Modification of the statutes or of the instrument of incorporation
Title I › Chapter IV › Section 3
- inserted Article 56 - General rules on distribution
- inserted Article 57 - Recovery of distributions unlawfully made
- inserted Article 58 - Serious loss of the subscribed capital
Title I › Chapter IV › Section 4
- inserted Article 59 - No subscription of own shares
- inserted Article 60 - Acquisition of own shares
- inserted Article 61 - Derogation from rules on acquisition of own shares
- inserted Article 62 - Consequences of illegal acquisition of own shares
- inserted Article 63 - Holding of own shares and annual report in case of acquisition of own shares
- inserted Article 64 - Financial assistance by a company for acquisition of its shares by a third party
- inserted Article 65 - Additional safeguards in case of related party transactions
- inserted Article 66 - Acceptance of the company's own shares as security
- inserted Article 67 - Subscription, acquisition or holding of shares by a company in which the public limited liability company holds a majority of the voting rights or on which it can exercise a dominant influence
Title I › Chapter IV › Section 5
- inserted Article 68 - Decision by the general meeting on the increase of capital
- inserted Article 69 - Paying up shares issued for consideration
- inserted Article 70 - Shares issued for consideration other than in cash
- inserted Article 71 - Increase in capital not fully subscribed
- inserted Article 72 - Increase in capital by consideration in cash
- inserted Article 73 - Decision by the general meeting on reduction in the subscribed capital
- inserted Article 74 - Reduction in the subscribed capital in case of several classes of shares
- inserted Article 75 - Safeguards for creditors in case of reduction in the subscribed capital
- inserted Article 76 - Derogation from safeguards for creditors in case of reduction in the subscribed capital
- inserted Article 77 - Reduction in the subscribed capital and the minimum capital
- inserted Article 78 - Redemption of subscribed capital without reduction
- inserted Article 79 - Reduction in the subscribed capital by compulsory withdrawal of shares
- inserted Article 80 - Reduction in the subscribed capital by the withdrawal of shares acquired by the company itself or on its behalf
- inserted Article 81 - Redemption of the subscribed capital or its reduction by withdrawal of shares in case of several classes of shares
- inserted Article 82 - Conditions for redemption of shares
- inserted Article 83 - Voting requirements for the decisions of the general meeting
Title I › Chapter IV › Section 6
- inserted Article 84 - Derogation from certain requirements
- inserted Article 85 - Equal treatment of all shareholders who are in the same position
- inserted Article 86 - Transitional provisions
Title II › Chapter I › Section 1
- inserted Article 87 - General provisions
- inserted Article 88 - Rules governing mergers by acquisition and mergers by formation of a new company
- inserted Article 89 - Definition of a ‘merger by acquisition’
- inserted Article 90 - Definition of a ‘merger by the formation of a new company’
Title II › Chapter I › Section 2
- inserted Article 91 - Draft terms of merger
- inserted Article 92 - Publication of the draft terms of merger
- inserted Article 93 - Approval by the general meeting of each of the merging companies
- inserted Article 94 - Derogation from the requirement of approval by the general meeting of the acquiring company
- inserted Article 95 - Detailed written report and information on a merger
- inserted Article 96 - Examination of the draft terms of merger by experts
- inserted Article 97 - Availability of documents for inspection by shareholders
- inserted Article 98 - Protection of employees' rights
- inserted Article 99 - Protection of the interests of creditors of the merging companies
- inserted Article 100 - Protection of the interests of debenture holders of the merging companies
- inserted Article 101 - Protection of holders of securities, other than shares, to which special rights are attached
- inserted Article 102 - Drawing up and certification of documents in due legal form
- inserted Article 103 - Date on which a merger takes effect
- inserted Article 104 - Publication formalities
- inserted Article 105 - Consequences of a merger
- inserted Article 106 - Civil liability of members of the administrative or management bodies of the company being acquired
- inserted Article 107 - Civil liability of the experts responsible for drawing up the expert report on behalf of the company being acquired
- inserted Article 108 - Conditions for nullity of a merger
Title II › Chapter I › Section 3
Title II › Chapter I › Section 4
- inserted Article 110 - Transfer of all assets and liabilities by one or more companies to another company which is the holder of all their shares
- inserted Article 111 - Exemption from the requirement of approval by the general meeting
- inserted Article 112 - Shares held by or on behalf of the acquiring company
- inserted Article 113 - Merger by acquisition by a company which holds 90 % or more of the shares of a company being acquired
- inserted Article 114 - Exemption from requirements applicable to mergers by acquisition
- inserted Article 115 - Transfer of all assets and liabilities by one or more companies to another company which is the holder of 90 % or more of their shares
Title II › Chapter I › Section 5
- inserted Article 116 - Mergers with cash payment exceeding 10 %
- inserted Article 117 - Mergers without all of the transferring companies ceasing to exist
Title II › Chapter II
- inserted Article 118 - General provisions
- inserted Article 119 - Definitions
- inserted Article 120 - Further provisions concerning scope
- inserted Article 121 - Conditions relating to cross-border mergers
- inserted Article 122 - Common draft terms of cross-border mergers
- inserted Article 123 - Publication
- inserted Article 124 - Report of the management or administrative organ
- inserted Article 125 - Independent expert report
- inserted Article 126 - Approval by the general meeting
- inserted Article 127 - Pre-merger certificate
- inserted Article 128 - Scrutiny of the legality of the cross-border merger
- inserted Article 129 - Date on which the cross-border merger takes effect
- inserted Article 130 - Registration
- inserted Article 131 - Consequences of a cross-border merger
- inserted Article 132 - Simplified formalities
- inserted Article 133 - Employee participation
- inserted Article 134 - Validity
Title II › Chapter III › Section 1
Title II › Chapter III › Section 2
- inserted Article 136 - Definition of a ‘division by acquisition’
- inserted Article 137 - Draft terms of division
- inserted Article 138 - Publication of the draft terms of division
- inserted Article 139 - Approval by the general meeting of each company involved in a division
- inserted Article 140 - Derogation from the requirement of approval by the general meeting of a recipient company
- inserted Article 141 - Detailed written report and information on a division
- inserted Article 142 - Examination of the draft terms of division by experts
- inserted Article 143 - Availability of documents for inspection by shareholders
- inserted Article 144 - Simplified formalities
- inserted Article 145 - Protection of employees' rights
- inserted Article 146 - Protection of the interests of creditors of companies involved in a division; joint and several liability of the recipient companies
- inserted Article 147 - Protection of holders of securities, other than shares, to which special rights are attached
- inserted Article 148 - Drawing up and certification of documents in due legal form
- inserted Article 149 - Date on which a division takes effect
- inserted Article 150 - Publication formalities
- inserted Article 151 - Consequences of a division
- inserted Article 152 - Civil liability of members of the administrative or management bodies of a company being divided
- inserted Article 153 - Conditions for nullity of a division
- inserted Article 154 - Exemption from the requirement of approval by the general meeting of the company being divided
Title II › Chapter III › Section 3
- inserted Article 155 - Definition of a ‘division by the formation of new companies’
- inserted Article 156 - Application of rules on divisions by acquisition
Title II › Chapter III › Section 4
Title II › Chapter III › Section 5
- inserted Article 158 - Divisions with cash payment exceeding 10 %
- inserted Article 159 - Divisions without the company being divided ceasing to exist
Title II › Chapter III › Section 6
Title III
- inserted Article 161 - Data protection
- inserted Article 162 - Report, regular dialogue on the system of interconnection of registers and review
- inserted Article 163 - Exercise of the delegation
- inserted Article 164 - Committee procedure
- inserted Article 165 - Communication
- inserted Article 166 - Repeal
- inserted Article 167 - Entry into force
- inserted Article 168 - Addressees
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- inserted Preamble
- inserted Annex I
- inserted Annex II
- inserted Annex III
- inserted Annex IV