What changes on 01/01/2020

The text in force from 31/07/2019 compared with the text from 01/01/2020, which includes the changes made by Directive (EU) 2019/2121.

Read the act as of 01/01/2020 · other versions: 31/07/2019 · 12/08/2022

Title I › Chapter I

• amended Article 1 - Subject matter

Title I › Chapter II › Section 2

• amended Article 11 - Conditions for nullity of a company

Title I › Chapter III › Section 1A

• amended Article 14 - Documents and particulars to be disclosed by companies
• amended Article 18 - Availability of electronic copies of documents and particulars
• amended Article 24 - Implementing acts

Title I › Chapter III › Section 2

• amended Article 30 - Documents and particulars to be disclosed

Title I › Chapter III › Section 3

• amended Article 37 - Compulsory documents and particulars to be disclosed

Title I › Chapter IV › Section 4

• amended 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 II › Chapter -I

• inserted Article 86a - Scope
• inserted Article 86b - Definitions
• inserted Article 86c - Procedures and formalities
• inserted Article 86d - Draft terms of cross-border conversions
• inserted Article 86e - Report of the administrative or management body for members and employees
• inserted Article 86f - Independent expert report
• inserted Article 86g - Disclosure
• inserted Article 86h - Approval by the general meeting
• inserted Article 86i - Protection of members
• inserted Article 86j - Protection of creditors
• inserted Article 86k - Employee information and consultation
• inserted Article 86l - Employee participation
• inserted Article 86m - Pre-conversion certificate
• inserted Article 86n - Transmission of the pre-conversion certificate
• inserted Article 86o - Scrutiny of the legality of the cross-border conversion by the destination Member State
• inserted Article 86p - Registration
• inserted Article 86q - Date on which the cross-border conversion takes effect
• inserted Article 86r - Consequences of a cross-border conversion
• inserted Article 86s - Independent experts
• inserted Article 86t - Validity

Title II › Chapter I › Section 2

• amended Article 97 - Availability of documents for inspection by shareholders

Title II › Chapter II

• inserted Article 126a - Protection of members
• inserted Article 126b - Protection of creditors
• inserted Article 126c - Employee information and consultation
• inserted Article 127a - Transmission of the pre-merger certificate
• inserted Article 133a - Independent experts
• amended Article 119 - Definitions
• amended Article 120 - Further provisions concerning scope
• amended Article 121 - Conditions relating to cross-border mergers
• amended Article 122 - Common draft terms of cross-border mergers
• amended Article 123 - Disclosure
• amended Article 124 - Report of the administrative or management body for members and employees
• amended Article 125 - Independent expert report
• amended Article 126 - Approval by the general meeting
• amended Article 127 - Pre-merger certificate
• amended Article 128 - Scrutiny of the legality of the cross-border merger
• amended Article 130 - Registration
• amended Article 131 - Consequences of a cross-border merger
• amended Article 132 - Simplified formalities
• amended Article 133 - Employee participation
• amended Article 134 - Validity

Title II › Chapter III › Section 2

• amended Article 143 - Availability of documents for inspection by shareholders

Title II › Chapter IV

• inserted Article 160a - Scope
• inserted Article 160b - Definitions
• inserted Article 160c - Procedures and formalities
• inserted Article 160d - Draft terms of cross-border divisions
• inserted Article 160e - Report of the administrative or management body for members and employees
• inserted Article 160f - Independent expert report
• inserted Article 160g - Disclosure
• inserted Article 160h - Approval by the general meeting
• inserted Article 160i - Protection of members
• inserted Article 160j - Protection of creditors
• inserted Article 160k - Employee information and consultation
• inserted Article 160l - Employee participation
• inserted Article 160m - Pre-division certificate
• inserted Article 160n - Transmission of the pre-division certificate
• inserted Article 160o - Scrutiny of the legality of the cross-border division
• inserted Article 160p - Registration
• inserted Article 160q - Date on which the cross-border division takes effect
• inserted Article 160r - Consequences of a cross-border division
• inserted Article 160s - Simplified formalities
• inserted Article 160t - Independent experts
• inserted Article 160u - Validity

Outside any heading

• amended Annex I - TYPES OF COMPANIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2(1) AND (2), ARTICLE 44(1) AND (2), ARTICLE 45(2), ARTICLE 87(1) AND (2) AND ARTICLE 135(1)
• amended Annex II - ▼M3