The European Public Limited-Liability Company Regulations 2004

Accounting Reference Period and Financial Year of Transferring SE

83.—(1) Where an SE transfers its registered office to Great Britain under Article 8—

(a) its first accounting reference period, for the purposes of section 224 of the 1985 Act, is the period of twelve months beginning with its last balance sheet date before the registration of the transfer and the date on which that period ends is its accounting reference date for those purposes; and

(b) its first financial year for the purposes of section 223 of the 1985 Act begins with the first day of its first accounting reference period and ends with the last day of that period or such other date, not more than seven days before or after the end of that period as the SE may determine.

(2) For purposes of this regulation “the last balance sheet date” is the date as at which the balance sheet of the transferring SE was required to be drawn up under the provisions of the law of the Member State in which it had its registered office, where the balance sheet was the last one required to be drawn up before the registration of the transfer in Great Britain.

(3) Where the transferring SE has not been required to draw up a balance sheet under the provisions of the law of the Member State where it had its registered office, or, if different, of the Member State where it was first registered, before the registration of the transfer in Great Britain, its accounting reference date for the purposes of section 224 of the 1985 Act is the last day of the month in which the anniversary of its registration on formation falls and its first accounting reference period is the period beginning with its date of registration on formation and ending with its accounting reference date; and paragraph (1)(b) above applies in respect of its first financial year accordingly.