Subjects:

Company Law

Contents:

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1. Introduction and overview of the company law harmonization programme

2. The first directive

3. The second directive

4. The third and sixth directives

5. The fourth directive

6. The seventh directive

7. The eighth directive

8. The eleventh directive

9. The twelfth directive

10. Background to the securities directives

11. The first stage - harmonizing the conditions of listing

12. The second stage - harmonizing public offer prospectuses

13. The third stage - introducing mutual recognition

14. The major shareholdings directive

15. The insider dealing directive

16. Freedom of establishment of companies - introduction

17. Secondary establishment - the case law

18. Primary establishment and mutual recognition of companies

19. Overview of miscellaneous draft legislation

20. Conclusion and outlook

In EC Company Law Vanessa Edwards makes a detailed analysis of all the adopted company law and securities Directives, namely the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Eleventh and Twelfth Company Law Directives and the Admissions, Listing Particulars, Interim Reports, Public Offer Prospectus, Major Shareholdings and Insider Dealing Directives.

She illuminates their historical context, scope, substantive effect, interpretation by the European Court of Justice and national implementation. The book also contains a thorough examination of the scope of companies freedom of establishment, reviewing in depth the case law of the Court of Justice on Article 52 of the EC Treaty in so far as it applies to corporate entities.