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Directive (EU) 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
Directive (EU) 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 relating to certain aspects of company law (codification) (Text with EEA relevance)
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| Directive 82/891/EEC | Directive 89/666/EEC | Directive 2005/56/EC | Directive 2009/101/EC | Directive 2011/35/EU | Directive 2012/30/EU | This Directive |
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| — | — | — | — | — | — | Article 1 |
| Article 1 | Article 135 | |||||
| Article 2 | Article 136 | |||||
| Article 3(1) and (2) | Article 137(1) and (2) | |||||
| Article 3(3)(a) | Article 137(3) first subparagraph | |||||
| Article 3(3)(b) | Article 137(3) second subparagraph | |||||
| Article 4 | Article 138 | |||||
| Article 5 | Article 139 | |||||
| Article 6 | Article 140 | |||||
| Article 7 | Article 141 | |||||
| Article 8 | Article 142 | |||||
| Article 9 | Article 143 | |||||
| Article 10 | Article 144 | |||||
| Article 11 | Article 145 | |||||
| Article 12 | Article 146 | |||||
| Article 13 | Article 147 | |||||
| Article 14 | Article 148 | |||||
| Article 15 | Article 149 | |||||
| Article 16 | Article 150 | |||||
| Article 17 | Article 151 | |||||
| Article 18 | Article 152 | |||||
| Article 19 | Article 153 | |||||
| Article 20(a) and (b) | Article 154(a) and (b) | |||||
| Article 20(d) | Article 154(c) | |||||
| Article 21 | Article 155 | |||||
| Article 22(1), (2) and (3) | Article 156(1), (2) and (3) | |||||
| Article 22(5) | Article 156(4) | |||||
| Article 23 | Article 157 | |||||
| Article 24 | Article 158 | |||||
| Article 25 | Article 159 | |||||
| Article 26(1) | — | |||||
| Article 26(2) | Article 160(1) | |||||
| Article 26(3) | — | |||||
| Article 26(4) | Article 160(2) | |||||
| Article 26(5) | — | |||||
| Article 27 | — | |||||
| Article 1 | Article 29 | |||||
| Article 2 | Article 30 | |||||
| Article 3 | Article 31 | |||||
| Article 4 | Article 32 | |||||
| Article 5 | Article 33 | |||||
| — | Article 34(1) | |||||
| Article 5a(1), (2) and (3) | Article 20(1), (2) and (3) | |||||
| Article 33(1) | ||||||
| Article 5a(4) | Article 34(2) | |||||
| Article 5a(5) | Article 34(3) | |||||
| Article 6 | Article 35 | |||||
| Article 7 | Article 36 | |||||
| Article 8 | Article 37 | |||||
| Article 9 | Article 38 | |||||
| Article 10 | Article 39 | |||||
| Article 11 | — | |||||
| Article 11a | Article 161 | |||||
| Article 12 | Article 40 | |||||
| Article 13 | Article 41 | |||||
| Article 14 | Article 42 | |||||
| Article 15 | — | |||||
| Article 16 | — | |||||
| Article 17 | Article 43 | |||||
| Article 18 | — | |||||
| Article 1 | Article 118 | |||||
| Article 2 | Article 119 | |||||
| Article 3 | Article 120 | |||||
| Article 4 | Article 121 | |||||
| Article 5 | Article 122 | |||||
| Article 6 | Article 123 | |||||
| Article 7 | Article 124 | |||||
| Article 8 | Article 125 | |||||
| Article 9 | Article 126 | |||||
| Article 10 | Article 127 | |||||
| Article 11 | Article 128 | |||||
| Article 12 | Article 129 | |||||
| Article 13 | Article 130 | |||||
| Article 14 | Article 131 | |||||
| Article 15 | Article 132 | |||||
| Article 16 | Article 133 | |||||
| Article 17 | Article 134 | |||||
| Article 17a | Article 161 | |||||
| Article 18 | ||||||
| Article 19 | — | |||||
| Article 20 | — | |||||
| Article 21 | — | |||||
| Article 1 | Annex II | |||||
| Article 2 | Article 14 | |||||
| Article 2a | Article 15 | |||||
| Article 3 | Article 16 | |||||
| Article 3a | Article 17 | |||||
| Article 3b | Article 18 | |||||
| Article 3c | Article 19 | |||||
| Article 3d | Article 20 | |||||
| Article 4 | Article 21 | |||||
| Article 4a | Article 22 | |||||
| Article 4b | Article 23 | |||||
| Article 4c first and second paragraphs | Article 24 first and second paragraphs | |||||
| Article 4c third paragraph | — | |||||
| Article 4d | Article 25 | |||||
| Article 4e | Article 165 | |||||
| Article 5 | Article 26 | |||||
| Article 6 | Article 27 | |||||
| Article 7 | Article 28 | |||||
| Article 7a | Article 161 | |||||
| — | Article 7(1) | |||||
| Article 8 | Article 7(2) | |||||
| Article 9 | Article 8 | |||||
| Article 10 | Article 9 | |||||
| Article 11 | Article 10 | |||||
| Article 12 | Article 11 | |||||
| Article 13 | Article 12 | |||||
| Article 13a | Article 163 | |||||
| Article 14 | — | |||||
| Article 15 | — | |||||
| Article 16 | — | |||||
| Article 17 | — | |||||
| Article 18 | — | |||||
| Annex I | — | |||||
| Annex II | — | |||||
| Article 1 | Article 87 | |||||
| Article 2 | Article 88 | |||||
| Article 3 | Article 89 | |||||
| Article 4 | Article 90 | |||||
| Article 5 | Article 91 | |||||
| Article 6 | Article 92 | |||||
| Article 7 | Article 93 | |||||
| Article 8 | Article 94 | |||||
| Article 9 | Article 95 | |||||
| Article 10 | Article 96 | |||||
| Article 11 | Article 97 | |||||
| Article 12 | Article 98 | |||||
| Article 13 | Article 99 | |||||
| Article 14 | Article 100 | |||||
| Article 15 | Article 101 | |||||
| Article 16 | Article 102 | |||||
| Article 17 | Article 103 | |||||
| Article 18 | Article 104 | |||||
| Article 19 | Article 105 | |||||
| Article 20 | Article 106 | |||||
| Article 21 | Article 107 | |||||
| Article 22 | Article 108 | |||||
| Article 23 | Article 109 | |||||
| Article 24 | Article 110 | |||||
| Article 25 | Article 111 | |||||
| Article 26 | Article 112 | |||||
| Article 27 | Article 113 | |||||
| Article 28 | Article 114 | |||||
| Article 29 | Article 115 | |||||
| Article 30 | Article 116 | |||||
| Article 31 | Article 117 | |||||
| Article 32 | — | |||||
| Article 33 | — | |||||
| Article 34 | — | |||||
| Annex I | — | |||||
| Annex II | — | |||||
| Article 1(1) | Article 2(1) | |||||
| Article 44(1) | ||||||
| Article 1(2) | Article 2(2) | |||||
| Article 44(2) | ||||||
| Article 2 | Article 3 | |||||
| Article 3 | Article 4 | |||||
| Article 4 | Article 5 | |||||
| Article 5 | Article 6 | |||||
| — | Article 43 | |||||
| Article 6 | Article 45 | |||||
| Article 7 | Article 46 | |||||
| Article 8 | Article 47 | |||||
| Article 9 | Article 48 | |||||
| Article 10 | Article 49 | |||||
| Article 11 | Article 50 | |||||
| Article 12 | Article 51 | |||||
| Article 13 | Article 52 | |||||
| Article 14 | Article 53 | |||||
| Article 15 | Article 54 | |||||
| Article 16 | Article 55 | |||||
| Article 17 | Article 56 | |||||
| Article 18 | Article 57 | |||||
| Article 19 | Article 58 | |||||
| Article 20 | Article 59 | |||||
| Article 21 | Article 60 | |||||
| Article 22 | Article 61 | |||||
| Article 23 | Article 62 | |||||
| Article 24 | Article 63 | |||||
| Article 25 | Article 64 | |||||
| Article 26 | Article 65 | |||||
| Article 27 | Article 66 | |||||
| Article 28 | Article 67 | |||||
| Article 29 | Article 68 | |||||
| Article 30 | Article 69 | |||||
| Article 31 | Article 70 | |||||
| Article 32 | Article 71 | |||||
| Article 33 | Article 72 | |||||
| Article 34 | Article 73 | |||||
| Article 35 | Article 74 | |||||
| Article 36 | Article 75 | |||||
| Article 37 | Article 76 | |||||
| Article 38 | Article 77 | |||||
| Article 39 | Article 78 | |||||
| Article 40 | Article 79 | |||||
| Article 41 | Article 80 | |||||
| Article 42 | Article 81 | |||||
| Article 43 | Article 82 | |||||
| Article 44 | Article 83 | |||||
| Article 45 | Article 84 | |||||
| Article 46 | Article 85 | |||||
| Article 47(1) | Article 86 | |||||
| Article 47(2) | Article 165 | |||||
| Article 48 | — | |||||
| — | Article 166 | |||||
| Article 49 | Article 167 | |||||
| Article 50 | Article 168 | |||||
| Annex I | Annex I | |||||
| Annex II | — | |||||
| Annex III | — | |||||
| — | Annex III | |||||
| — | Annex IV |
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