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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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1.A merger carried out as laid down in Article 17(2)(a) shall have the following consequences ipso jure and simultaneously:
(a)all the assets and liabilities of each company being acquired are transferred to the acquiring company;
(b)the shareholders of the company being acquired become shareholders of the acquiring company;
(c)the company being acquired ceases to exist;
(d)the acquiring company adopts the form of an SE.
2.A merger carried out as laid down in Article 17(2)(b) shall have the following consequences ipso jure and simultaneously:
(a)all the assets and liabilities of the merging companies are transferred to the SE;
(b)the shareholders of the merging companies become shareholders of the SE;
(c)the merging companies cease to exist.
3.Where, in the case of a merger of public limited-liability companies, the law of a Member State requires the completion of any special formalities before the transfer of certain assets, rights and obligations by the merging companies becomes effective against third parties, those formalities shall apply and shall be carried out either by the merging companies or by the SE following its registration.
4.The rights and obligations of the participating companies on terms and conditions of employment arising from national law, practice and individual employment contracts or employment relationships and existing at the date of the registration shall, by reason of such registration be transferred to the SE upon its registration.
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