The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Fees) Regulations 2004

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the European Public Limited-Liability Company (Fees) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 8th October 2004.

2.  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“the 1985 Act” means the Companies Act 1985(1);

“the EC Regulation” means Council Regulation 2157/2001/EC(2) of 8th October 2001 on the Statute for a European company;

“the principal Regulations” means the European Public Limited-Liability Company Regulations 2004(3);

“public company” means a public company as defined in section 744 of the 1985 Act(4);

“the registrar” means the registrar of companies as defined in section 744 of the 1985 Act;

“the relevant Community obligations” means the Community obligations of the United Kingdom set out in Articles 2, 3, 8 and 66 of the EC Regulation;

“SE” means a European public limited-liability company formed in pursuance of Article 1 of the EC Regulation.

3.  The fees payable in connection with the services and facilities provided by the Department of Trade and Industry in pursuance of the relevant Community obligations relating to the matters set out in the first column of the Schedule to these Regulations, implemented in part by the principal Regulations, are the fees payable to the registrar set out in the second column of the Schedule.

Gerry Sutcliffe,

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Competition and Consumers,

Department of Trade and Industry

6th September 2004

We consent

Nick Ainger,

Derek Twigg,

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

13th September 2004