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Directive (EU) 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 relating to certain aspects of company law (codification) (Text with EEA relevance)
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Textual Amendments
Belgium:
naamloze vennootschap/société anonyme,
commanditaire vennootschap op aandelen/société en commandite par actions,
personenvennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid/société de personnes à responsabilité limitée;
Bulgaria:
акционерно дружество, дружество с ограничена отговорност, командитно дружество с акции;
Czech Republic:
společnost s ručením omezeným, akciová společnost;
Denmark:
aktieselskab, kommanditaktieselskab, anpartsselskab;
Germany:
die Aktiengesellschaft, die Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien, die Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung;
Estonia:
aktsiaselts, osaühing;
Ireland:
cuideachtaí atá corpraithe faoi dhliteanas teoranta/companies incorporated with limited liability;
Greece:
ανώνυμη εταιρεία, εταιρεία περιορισμένης ευθύνης, ετερόρρυθμη κατά μετοχές εταιρεία;
Spain:
la sociedad anónima, la sociedad comanditaria por acciones, la sociedad de responsabilidad limitada;
France:
société anonyme, société en commandite par actions, société à responsabilité limitée, société par actions simplifiée;
Croatia:
dioničko društvo, društvo s ograničenom odgovornošću;
Italy:
società per azioni, società in accomandita per azioni, società a responsabilità limitata;
Cyprus:
δημόσιες εταιρείες περιορισμένης ευθύνης με μετοχές ή με εγγύηση, ιδιωτικές εταιρείες περιορισμένης ευθύνης με μετοχές ή με εγγύηση;
Latvia:
akciju sabiedrība, sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību, komanditsabiedrība;
Lithuania:
akcinė bendrovė, uždaroji akcinė bendrovė;
Luxembourg:
société anonyme, société en commandite par actions, société à responsabilité limitée;
Hungary:
részvénytársaság, korlátolt felelősségű társaság;
Malta:
kumpannija pubblika/public limited liability company,
kumpannija privata/private limited liability company;
the Netherlands:
naamloze vennootschap, besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid;
Austria:
die Aktiengesellschaft, die Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung;
Poland:
spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością, spółka komandytowo-akcyjna, spółka akcyjna;
Portugal:
sociedade anónima de responsabilidade limitada, sociedade em comandita por ações, sociedade por quotas de responsabilidade limitada;
Romania:
societate pe acțiuni, societate cu răspundere limitată, societate în comandită pe acțiuni;
Slovenia:
delniška družba, družba z omejeno odgovornostjo, komaditna delniška družba;
Slovakia:
akciová spoločnosť, spoločnosť s ručením obmedzeným;
Finland:
yksityinen osakeyhtiö/privat aktiebolag,
julkinen osakeyhtiö/publikt aktiebolag;
[F2Sweden:
privat aktiebolag
publikt aktiebolag;]
United Kingdom:
companies incorporated with limited liability.
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