The European Economic Interest Grouping (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

37.  In Article 4—

(a) in paragraph 1(a)—

(i) after “Member State”, both times it occurs, insert “ or the law of the appropriate part of the United Kingdom ”;

(ii) after “Community”, both times it occurs, insert “ or in the United Kingdom ”;

(b) in paragraph 1(b), after “Community”, insert “ or in the United Kingdom ”;

(c) for paragraph 2 substitute—

“2.   A grouping must comprise at least—

(a) two companies, firms or other legal bodies, within the meaning of paragraph 1—

(i) which have their central administrations in different Member States; or

(ii) at least one of which has its central administration in the United Kingdom and one of which has its central administration in a Member State; or

(b) two natural persons, within the meaning of paragraph 1—

(i) who carry on their principal activities in different Member States; or

(ii) at least one of whom carries on his or her principal activities in the United Kingdom and one of whom carries on his or her principal activities in a Member State; or

(c) a company, firm or other legal body within the meaning of paragraph 1 and a natural person, of which the first has its central administration in one Member State and the second carries on his or her principal activity in another Member State; or

(d) a company, firm or other legal body within the meaning of paragraph 1 (“the first body”) that has its central administration in a Member State or in the United Kingdom and a natural person that carries on his or her principal activity in the United Kingdom (where the first body has its central administration in a Member State) or in a Member State (where the first body has its central administration in the United Kingdom).”;

(d) omit paragraphs 3 and 4.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 37 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1