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)

[F1Article 13a U.K. Definitions

For the purposes of this Chapter:

(1)

‘electronic identification means’ means an electronic identification means as defined in point (2) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1)

(2)

‘ electronic identification scheme ’ means an electronic identification scheme as defined in point (4) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014;

(3)

‘ electronic means ’ means electronic equipment used for the processing, including digital compression, and the storage of data, and through which information is initially sent and received at its destination; that information being entirely transmitted, conveyed and received in a manner to be determined by Member States;

(4)

‘ formation ’ means the whole process of establishing a company in accordance with national law, including the drawing up of the company’s instrument of constitution and all the necessary steps for the entry of the company in the register;

(5)

‘ registration of a branch ’ means a process leading to disclosure of documents and information relating to a branch newly opened in a Member State;

(6)

‘ template ’ means a model for the instrument of constitution of a company which is drawn up by Member States in compliance with national law and is used for the online formation of a company in accordance with Article 13g.]

Textual Amendments

(1)

[F1Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC ( OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 73 ).]

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