Subjects:

Company Law

Contents:

Preface Dirk Van Gerven

Part I. The SE in its Sixth Year: Some Early Impressions Paul Storm

Part II. National reports from EU Member States:

1. Bulgaria Raina Dimitrova

2. Cyprus Alexandros Tsadiras

3. Czech Republic Jan Zrzavecký

and Jan Dě

dič

4. France Jean-Marc Desaché

5. Greece Stefanos Charaktiniotis

6. Ireland Michael A. Greene and Keavy Ryan

7. Italy Francesco Gianni

8. Latvia Dace Silava-Tomsone, Iveta Mikelsone and Jurgita Spigule

9. Luxembourg Patricia Ferrante and Marc Meyers

10. Malta Rosanne Bonnici

11. Portugal Margarida Pereira Barrocas

12. Romania Carmen Peli and Georgeta Dinu

13. Slovenia Mateja Ogrič

, Jurij Dolž

an and Eva Pergarec

14. Spain Miguel Liria Plañ

iol

National Reports from EEA Member States:

15. Liechtenstein Andreas Schurti and Alexander Appel

16. Norway Lars Kristian Sande

Annexes:

Annex Ia. Council Regulation (EC) N°

2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European Company (SE)

Annex Ib. Public limited-liability companies referred to in Article 2(1) of the Regulation

Annex Ic. Public and private limited-liability companies referred to in Article 2(2) of the Regulation

Annex II. Council Directive 2001/86/EC of 8 October 2001 supplementing the Statute for a European Company with regard to the involvement of employees

Annex III. List of national laws implementing the Regulation and the Directive.

The European Company ('SE') is a legal entity offering a European perspective for businesses. Its purpose is to allow businesses that wish to extend their activities beyond their home Member State to operate throughout the EU on the basis of one set of rules and a unified management system. The book explains how to set up and organise a European Company, as well as setting out the text of the EC instruments (a Regulation and a Directive) serving as its legal basis, and a list of national implementing laws.

This second volume reports on the countries which have legislated during 2005 and 2006. Divided into two sections, it first offers critical review of the usefulness of, and the opportunities presented by, this new vehicle; analyses the Regulation and the Directive; and examines the tax aspects of the SE. The second part reports on each of the Member States.

• Full and comprehensive overview of legislation in each country of the European Union
• Clear structure makes this a valuable and easy-to-use guide for practitioners
• Offers in-depth analysis of the rules applicable to the European Company as well as a critical appraisal of the concept of the ‘SE’ and its usefulness in practice