Cross-border Transfer of the Registered Offices of Limited Liability Companies (proposed 14th Company Law Directive)
The goal of the proposed 14th Company Law Directive is to create a mechanism for companies to transfer their place of registration to another EU Member State. Until now such an action was either not possible or required the company to be liquidated in its country of origin before it could be re-founded with a registered office in the new country. The Directive would make it possible, for example, for a German GmbH to transfer its registered office to the UK, and at the same time transform itself into a UK Ltd. That means that after the transfer of the registered office the company is organised by UK company law and no longer by German company law.
European Parliament Adopts Resolution on the Cross-Border Transfer of Registered Seats
On 2 February 2012 the European Parliament adopted a resolution making recommendations to the Commission on a 14th company law directive on the cross-border transfer of company seats.
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- Report from the EP's Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) (January 2012)
- European Parliament resolution (March 2009)
- Commission website 14th Company Law Directive
- ETUC Resolution on the 10th and 14th Company Law Directives – March 2004
- European Parliament resolution on restructuring and employment (P6_TA(2006)0088) (point 13)
- Commission Consultation on the future priorities for the action plan on company law and corporate governance
- Commission staff working document on impact assessments for the 14th company law directive (December 2007)
