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Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001Show full title
Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European company (SE)
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1.Public limited-liability companies such as referred to in Annex I, formed under the law of a Member State, with registered offices and head offices within the Community may form an SE by means of a merger provided that at least two of them are governed by the law of different Member States.
2.Public and private limited-liability companies such as referred to in Annex II, formed under the law of a Member State, with registered offices and head offices within the Community may promote the formation of a holding SE provided that each of at least two of them:
(a)is governed by the law of a different Member State, or
(b)has for at least two years had a subsidiary company governed by the law of another Member State or a branch situated in another Member State.
3.Companies and firms within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 48 of the Treaty and other legal bodies governed by public or private law, formed under the law of a Member State, with registered offices and head offices within the Community may form a subsidiary SE by subscribing for its shares, provided that each of at least two of them:
(a)is governed by the law of a different Member State, or
(b)has for at least two years had a subsidiary company governed by the law of another Member State or a branch situated in another Member State.
4.A public limited-liability company, formed under the law of a Member State, which has its registered office and head office within the Community may be transformed into an SE if for at least two years it has had a subsidiary company governed by the law of another Member State.
5.A Member State may provide that a company the head office of which is not in the Community may participate in the formation of an SE provided that company is formed under the law of a Member State, has its registered office in that Member State and has a real and continuous link with a Member State's economy.
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