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Directive 2011/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 concerning mergers of public limited liability companies (codification) (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)
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1.The coordination measures laid down by this Directive shall apply to the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the following types of company:
Belgium:
la société anonyme/de naamloze vennootschap,
Bulgaria:
акционерно дружество,
the Czech Republic:
akciová společnost,
Denmark:
aktieselskaber,
Germany:
die Aktiengesellschaft,
Estonia:
aktsiaselts,
Ireland:
public companies limited by shares, and public companies limited by guarantee having a share capital,
Greece:
ανώνυμη εταιρία,
Spain:
la sociedad anónima,
France:
la société anonyme,
[F1Croatia:
dioničko društvo,]
Italy:
la società per azioni,
Cyprus:
Δημόσιες εταιρείες περιορισμένης ευθύνης με μετοχές, δημόσιες εταιρείες περιορισμένης ευθύνης με εγγύηση που διαθέτουν μετοχικό κεφάλαιο,
Latvia:
akciju sabiedrība,
Lithuania:
akcinė bendrovė,
Luxembourg:
la société anonyme,
[X1Hungary:
nyilvánosan működő részvénytársaság,]
[X1Malta:
kumpannija pubblika ta' responsabbiltà limitata/public limited liability company,]
the Netherlands:
de naamloze vennootschap,
Austria:
die Aktiengesellschaft,
Poland:
spółka akcyjna,
Portugal:
a sociedade anónima,
Romania:
societate pe acțiuni,
Slovenia:
delniška družba,
Slovakia:
akciová spoločnosť,
Finland:
julkinen osakeyhtiö/publikt aktiebolag,
Sweden:
aktiebolag,
the United Kingdom:
public companies limited by shares, and public companies limited by guarantee having a share capital.
2.The Member States need not apply this Directive to cooperatives incorporated as one of the types of company listed in paragraph 1. In so far as the laws of the Member States make use of this option, they shall require such companies to include the word ‘cooperative’ in all the documents referred to in Article 5 of Directive 2009/101/EC.
3.The Member States need not apply this Directive in cases where the company or companies which are being acquired or will cease to exist are the subject of bankruptcy proceedings, proceedings relating to the winding-up of insolvent companies, judicial arrangements, compositions and analogous proceedings.
[F24. Member States shall ensure that this Directive does not apply to the company or companies which are the subject of the use of resolution tools, powers and mechanisms provided for in Title IV of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) .]
Editorial Information
X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Directive 2011/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 concerning mergers of public limited liability companies (Official Journal of the European Union L 110 of 29 April 2011).
Textual Amendments
F1 Inserted by Council Directive 2013/24/EU of 13 May 2013 adapting certain directives in the field of company law, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia.
F2 Inserted by Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms and amending Council Directive 82/891/EEC, and Directives 2001/24/EC, 2002/47/EC, 2004/25/EC, 2005/56/EC, 2007/36/EC, 2011/35/EU, 2012/30/EU and 2013/36/EU, and Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010 and (EU) No 648/2012, of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance).
[F2Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms and amending Council Directive 82/891/EEC and Directives 2001/24/EC, 2002/47/EC, 2004/25/EC, 2005/56/EC, 2007/36/EC, 2011/35/EU, 2012/30/EU and 2013/36/EU, and Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010 and (EU) No 648/2012, of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p. 190 ).]
Textual Amendments
F2 Inserted by Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms and amending Council Directive 82/891/EEC, and Directives 2001/24/EC, 2002/47/EC, 2004/25/EC, 2005/56/EC, 2007/36/EC, 2011/35/EU, 2012/30/EU and 2013/36/EU, and Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010 and (EU) No 648/2012, of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance).
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