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Council Regulation (EEC) No 2137/85Show full title
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2137/85 of 25 July 1985 on the European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG)
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- Art. 39 omitted by S.I. 2018/1299 reg. 59
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- Art. 1(2)(b) words substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2018/1299, reg. 33 by S.I. 2020/523 reg. 8(a)(ii)
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- Art. 13(2) words substituted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2018/1299, reg. 46 by S.I. 2020/523 reg. 8(d)
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- Art. 25(b) omitted by S.I. 2018/1299 reg. 51(a)(ii)
- Art. 35(22) omitted by S.I. 2018/1299 reg. 56(a)
Article 39U.K.
1.The Member States shall designate the registry or registries responsible for effecting the registration referred to in Articles 6 and 10 and shall lay down the rules governing registration. They shall prescribe the conditions under which the documents referred to in Articles 7 and 10 shall be filed. They shall ensure that the documents and particulars referred to in Article 8 are published in the appropriate official gazette of the Member State in which the grouping has its official address, and may prescribe the manner of publication of the documents and particulars referred to in Article 8 (c).
The Member States shall also ensure that anyone may, at the appropriate registry pursuant to Article 6 or, where appropriate, Article 10, inspect the documents referred to in Article 7 and obtain, even by post, full or partial copies thereof.
The Member States may provide for the payment of fees in connection with the operations referred to in the preceding subparagraphs; those fees may not, however, exceed the administrative cost thereof.
2.The Member States shall ensure that the information to be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities pursuant to Article 11 is forwarded to the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities within one month of its publication in the official gazette referred to in paragraph 1.
3.The Member States shall provide for appropriate penalties in the event of failure to comply with the provisions of Articles 7, 8 and 10 on disclosure and in the event of failure to comply with Article 25.
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