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Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European company (SE)
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- Art. 11(3) words substituted by S.I. 2018/1298 reg. 106(c)(iii)
- Art. 11(3) words substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2018/1298, reg. 97 by S.I. 2020/523 reg. 4(b)
- Art. 12(1)-(3) omitted by S.I. 2018/1298 reg. 107(a)
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- Art. 40(3) words inserted by S.I. 2018/1298 reg. 113(c)(i)
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- Art. 41(1) words substituted by S.I. 2018/1298 reg. 114(a)
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- Art. 43(4) omitted by S.I. 2018/1298 reg. 115(d)
- Art. 44 words substituted by S.I. 2018/1298 reg. 116
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- Title 3 heading words substituted by S.I. 2018/1298 reg. 110
- Signature words omitted by S.I. 2018/1298 reg. 138
- Art. AA1(1) words substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2018/1298, reg. 97 by S.I. 2020/523 reg. 4(a)(ii)(aa)
- Art. AA1(2) words substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2018/1298, reg. 97 by S.I. 2020/523 reg. 4(a)(ii)(bb)
- Art. AA1(5) words substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2018/1298, reg. 97 by S.I. 2020/523 reg. 4(a)(ii)(cc)
- Art. A1 words substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2018/1298, reg. 97 by S.I. 2020/523 reg. 4(a)(i)
- Art. 000A1-AAA1 inserted by S.I. 2018/1298 reg. 97
- Annex 1 omitted by S.I. 2018/1298 reg. 139
- Annex 2 omitted by S.I. 2018/1298 reg. 139
- Art. 9(1)(c)(i) substituted by S.I. 2018/1298 reg. 104(a)(ii)
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- Art. 40(2)(a)-(c) Art. 40(2)(a)-(c) substituted for words by S.I. 2018/1298 reg. 113(b)
- Art. 43(2)(a)(b) Art. 43(2)(a)(b) substituted for words by S.I. 2018/1298 reg. 115(b)(iv)
- Art. 43(3)(a)-(c) Art. 43(3)(a)(b) substituted for words by S.I. 2018/1298 reg. 115(c)
- Art. 47(2)(a) words omitted by S.I. 2018/1298 reg. 117(b)(ii)(bb)
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- Art. 47(2)(b) words omitted by S.I. 2018/1298 reg. 117(b)(iii)(aa)
- Art. 47(2)(b) words omitted by S.I. 2018/1298 reg. 117(b)(iii)(bb)
- Art. 52(b) substituted by S.I. 2018/1298 reg. 122(a)
Article 1.(1) A company may be set up within the territory...
Article 2.(1) Public limited-liability companies such as referred to in Annex...
Article 3.(1) For the purposes of Article 2(1), (2) and (3),...
Article 5.Subject to Article 4(1) and (2), the capital of an...
Article 6.For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘the statutes of the...
Article 7.The registered office of an SE shall be located within...
Article 8.(1) The registered office of an SE may be transferred...
Article 9.(1) An SE shall be governed: (a) by this Regulation,...
Article 10.Subject to this Regulation, an SE shall be treated in...
Article 12.(1) Every SE shall be registered in the Member State...
Article 13.Publication of the documents and particulars concerning an SE which...
Article 14.(1) Notice of an SE's registration and of the deletion...
Article 18.For matters not covered by this section or, where a...
Article 20.(1) The management or administrative organs of merging companies shall...
Article 21.For each of the merging companies and subject to the...
Article 22.As an alternative to experts operating on behalf of each...
Article 23.(1) The general meeting of each of the merging companies...
Article 24.(1) The law of the Member State governing each merging...
Article 25.(1) The legality of a merger shall be scrutinised, as...
Article 26.(1) The legality of a merger shall be scrutinised, as...
Article 27.(1) A merger and the simultaneous formation of an SE...
Article 28.For each of the merging companies the completion of the...
Article 29.(1) A merger carried out as laid down in Article...
Article 30.A merger as provided for in Article 2(1) may not...
Article 31.(1) Where a merger within the meaning of Article 17(2)(a)...
Section 5 Conversion of an existing public limited-liability company into an SE
Article 38.Under the conditions laid down by this Regulation an SE...
Section 3 Rules common to the one-tier and two-tier systems
Article 46.(1) Members of company organs shall be appointed for a...
Article 47.(1) An SE's statutes may permit a company or other...
Article 48.(1) An SE's statutes shall list the categories of transactions...
Article 49.The members of an SE's organs shall be under a...
Article 50.(1) Unless otherwise provided by this Regulation or the statutes,...
Article 51.Members of an SE's management, supervisory and administrative organs shall...
Article 52.The general meeting shall decide on matters for which it...
Article 53.Without prejudice to the rules laid down in this section,...
Article 54.(1) An SE shall hold a general meeting at least...
Article 55.(1) One or more shareholders who together hold at least...
Article 56.One or more shareholders who together hold at least 10...
Article 57.Save where this Regulation or, failing that, the law applicable...
Article 58.The votes cast shall not include votes attaching to shares...
Article 59.(1) Amendment of an SE's statutes shall require a decision...
TITLE V WINDING UP, LIQUIDATION, INSOLVENCY AND CESSATION OF PAYMENTS
Article 63.As regards winding up, liquidation, insolvency, cessation of payments and...
Article 64.(1) When an SE no longer complies with the requirement...
Article 65.Without prejudice to provisions of national law requiring additional publication,...
Article 66.(1) An SE may be converted into a public limited-liability...
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