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Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European company (SE)
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ANNEX IU.K.PUBLIC LIMITED-LIABILITY COMPANIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2(1)
BELGIUM:
la société anonyme/de naamloze vennootschap
[F1BULGARIA:
акционерно дружество]
[F2CZECH REPUBLIC:
akciová společnost]
DENMARK:
aktieselskaber
GERMANY:
die Aktiengesellschaft
[F2ESTONIA:
aktsiaselts]
GREECE:
ανώνυμη εταιρία
SPAIN:
la sociedad anónima
FRANCE:
la société anonyme
[F3CROATIA:
dioničko društvo]
IRELAND:
public companies limited by shares
public companies limited by guarantee having a share capital
ITALY:
società per azioni
[F2CYPRUS:
Δημόσια Εταιρεία περιορισμένης ευθύνης με μετοχές, Δημόσια Εταιρεία περιορισμένης ευθύνης με εγγύηση
LATVIA:
akciju sabiedrība
LITHUANIA:
akcinės bendrovės]
LUXEMBOURG:
la société anonyme
[F2HUNGARY:
részvénytársaság
MALTA:
kumpaniji pubbliċi / public limited liability companies]
NETHERLANDS:
de naamloze vennootschap
AUSTRIA:
die Aktiengesellschaft
[F2POLAND:
spółka akcyjna]
PORTUGAL:
a sociedade anónima de responsabilidade limitada
[F1ROMANIA:
societate pe acțiuni]
[F2SLOVENIA:
delniška družba
SLOVAKIA:
akciová spoločnos]
FINLAND:
julkinen osakeyhtiö/publikt aktiebolag
SWEDEN:
publikt aktiebolag
UNITED KINGDOM:
public companies limited by shares
public companies limited by guarantee having a share capital
Textual Amendments
F1 Inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 of 20 November 2006 adapting certain Regulations and Decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement of persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture (including veterinary and phytosanitary legislation), transport policy, taxation, statistics, energy, environment, cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs, customs union, external relations, common foreign and security policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania.
F2 Inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 885/2004 of 26 April 2004 adapting Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1334/2000, (EC) No 2157/2001, (EC) No 152/2002, (EC) No 1499/2002, (EC) No 1500/2003 and (EC) No 1798/2003, Decisions No 1719/1999/EC, No 1720/1999/EC, No 253/2000/EC, No 508/2000/EC, No 1031/2000/EC, No 163/2001/EC, No 2235/2002/EC and No 291/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Council Decisions 1999/382/EC, 2000/821/EC, 2003/17/EC and 2003/893/EC in the fields of free movement of goods, company law, agriculture, taxation, education and training, culture and audiovisual policy and external relations, by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.
F3 Inserted by Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013 adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, trans-European networks, judiciary and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security, environment, customs union, external relations, foreign, security and defence policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia.
ANNEX IIU.K.PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIMITED-LIABILITY COMPANIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2(2)
BELGIUM:
la société anonyme/de naamloze vennootschap,
la société privée à responsabilité limitée/besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid
[F1BULGARIA:
акционерно дружество, дружество с ограничена отговорност]
[F2CZECH REPUBLIC:
akciová společnost,
společnost s ručením omezeným]
DENMARK:
aktieselskaber,
anpartselskaber
GERMANY:
die Aktiengesellschaft,
die Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
[F2ESTONIA:
aktsiaselts ja osaühing]
GREECE:
ανώνυμη εταιρία
εταιρία περιορισμένης ευθύνης
SPAIN:
la sociedad anónima,
la sociedad de responsabilidad limitada
FRANCE:
la société anonyme,
la société à responsabilité limitée
[F3CROATIA:
dioničko društvo,
društvo s ograničenom odgovornošću]
IRELAND:
public companies limited by shares,
public companies limited by guarantee having a share capital,
private companies limited by shares,
private companies limited by guarantee having a share capital
ITALY:
società per azioni,
società a responsabilità limitata
[F2CYPRUS:
Δημόσια εταιρεία περιορισμένης ευθύνης με μετοχές,
δημόσια Εταιρεία περιορισμένης ευθύνης με εγγύηση,
ιδιωτική εταιρεία
LATVIA:
akciju sabiedrība,
un sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību
LITHUANIA:
akcinės bendrovės,
uždarosios akcinės bendrovės]
LUXEMBOURG:
la société anonyme,
la société à responsabilité limitée
[F2HUNGARY:
részvénytársaság,
korlátolt felelősségű társaság
MALTA:
kumpaniji pubbliċi / public limited liability companies
kumpaniji privati/private limited liability companies]
NETHERLANDS:
de naamloze vennootschap,
de besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid
AUSTRIA:
die Aktiengesellschaft,
die Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
[F2POLAND:
spółka akcyjna,
spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością]
PORTUGAL:
a sociedade anónima de responsabilidade limitada,
a sociedade por quotas de responsabilidade limitada
[F1ROMANIA:
societate pe acțiuni, societate cu răspundere limitată]
[F2SLOVENIA:
delniška družba,
družba z omejeno odgovornostjo
SLOVAKIA:
akciová spoločnos’,
spoločnosť s ručením obmedzeným]
FINLAND:
osakeyhtiö
aktiebolag
SWEDEN:
aktiebolag
UNITED KINGDOM:
public companies limited by shares,
public companies limited by guarantee having a share capital,
private companies limited by shares,
private companies limited by guarantee having a share capital
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