Directives and other official acts

Transposition of company law and anti-money laundering directives

Date		State of play	View per Member State	View per Directive
2012
	18.01.2012
2011
	14.10.2011
	14.07.2011
	08.04.2011
	18.01.2011
2010
	04.10.2010
	06.07.2010
	04.06.2010
	04.05.2010
	30.03.2010
	05.03.2010
	05.02.2010
	04.01.2010
2009
	26.11.2009
	22.10.2009
	22.09.2009
	25.08.2009
	23.07.2009
	22.06.2009
	25.05.2009
	21.04.2009
	20.03.2009
	20.02.2009
	21.01.2009
2008
	17.12.2008
	20.11.2008
	20.10.2008
	18.09.2008
	25.08.2008
	18.07.2008
	20.06.2008
	22.05.2008
	21.04.2008
	25.03.2008
	20.02.2008
	21.01.2008

High level group reports for the Commission

• Issues related to takeover bids

Directives

• Directive 2010/76/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 amending Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC as regards capital requirements for the trading book and for re-securitisations, and the supervisory review of remuneration policies
• Directive 2009/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 amending Council Directives 77/91/EEC, 78/855/EEC and 82/891/EEC, and Directive 2005/56/EC as regards reporting and documentation requirements in the case of mergers and divisions
• Directive 2007/63/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 amending Council Directives 78/855/EEC and 82/891/EEC as regards the requirement of an independent expert's report on the occasion of merger or division of public limited liability companies
• Directive 2007/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on the exercise of certain rights of shareholders in listed companies (14.7.2007)
• Directive 2006/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 amending Council Directive 77/91/EEC as regards the formation of public limited liability companies and the maintenance and alteration of their capital
• Directive 2005/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on cross-border mergers of limited liability companies
• Directive 2004/25/EC of 21.04.2004 on takeover bids (Text with EEA relevance)
• Directive 2003/58/EC of 15.7.2003 amending Council Directive 68/151/EEC, as regards disclosure requirements in respect of certain types of companies
• Directive 2001/86/EC of 8.10.2001 supplementing the Statute for a European company with regard to the involvement of employees
• Directive 2009/102/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 in the area of company law on single-member private limited liability companies
  (Before 21 October 2009: Twelfth Council Company Law Directive 89/667/EEC of 21 December 1989 on single-member private limited-liability companies)
• Eleventh Council Directive 89/666/EEC of 21 December 1989 concerning disclosure requirements in respect of branches opened in a Member State by certain types of company governed by the law of another State
• Eighth Council Directive 84/253/EEC of 10 April 1984 based on Article 54 (3) (g) of the Treaty on the approval of persons responsible for carrying out the statutory audits of accounting documents
• Seventh Council Directive 83/349/EEC of 13 June 1983 based on the Article 54 (3) (g) of the Treaty on consolidated accounts
• Sixth Council Directive 82/891/EEC of 17 December 1982 based on Article 54 (3) (g) of the Treaty, concerning the division of public limited liability companies
• Fourth Council Directive 78/660/EEC of 25 July 1978 based on Article 54 (3) (g) of the Treaty on the annual accounts of certain types of companies
• Directive 2011/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 concerning mergers of public limited liability companies
  (Before 1 July 2011: Third Council Directive 78/855/EEC of 9 October 1978 based on Article 54 (3) (g) of the Treaty concerning mergers of public limited liability companies)
• Directive 2012/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on coordination of safeguards which, for the protection of the interests of members and others, are required by Member States of companies within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 54 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in respect of the formation of public limited liability companies and the maintenance and alteration of their capital, with a view to making such safeguards equivalent Text with EEA relevance
  (Before 4 December 2012: Second Council Directive 77/91/EEC of 13 December 1976 on coordination of safeguards which, for the protection of the interests of members and others, are required by Member States of companies within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 58 of the Treaty, in respect of the formation of public limited liability companies and the maintenance and alteration of their capital, with a view to making such safeguards equivalent
• Directive 2009/101/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on coordination of safeguards which, for the protection of the interests of members and third parties, are required by Member States of companies within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 48 of the Treaty, with a view to making such safeguards equivalent
  (Before 21 October 2009: First Council Directive 68/151/EEC of 9 March 1968 on co-ordination of safeguards which, for the protection of the interests of members and others, are required by Member States of companies within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 58 of the Treaty, with a view to making such safeguards equivalent throughout the Community)

Regulations

• Council regulation (EC) 2157/2001 of 8.10.2001 on the Statute for a European company (SE)
  
• Council regulation (EEC) 2137/85 of 25 July 1985 on the European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG)
  
  
• See also: Social economy (co-operatives, mutuals, associations, foundations, …)

Recommendations

• Recommendations by the Company Law Slim Working Group on the simplification of the first and second Company Law Directives
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Communications – Proposals

• Proposal for a Directive on cross border mergers of companies with share capital (18.11.2003)
• Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament
  Modernising Company Law and Enhancing Corporate Governance in the European – A Plan to Move Forward (21.05.2003)
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• Communication pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty concerning the Common position of the Council on the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive on company law concerning takeover bids, European Commission, 26.07.2000
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