ANNEXTechnical specifications and procedures

5.List of data to be exchanged between registers

5.5.Cross-border merger notification

For the purposes of this Annex, the exchange of information between registers as referred to in Article 130 of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 shall be referred to as ‘cross-border merger notification’. For each cross-border merger notification referred to in Article 130 of Directive (EU) 2017/1132, Member States shall exchange the following data:

Data type

Description

Cardinality11

Additional description

Issuance Date Time

Date and time when the notification was sent

1

Date and Time

Issuing Organisation

Organisation that issued this notification

1

Party data structure

Recipient Organisation

Organisation this notification is addressed to

1

Party data structure

Legislation Reference

Reference to relevant national or Union legislation

0…n

Text

Merger-related data

1

Group of Elements

Effective Date

Date when the merger became effective

1

Date

Merger Type

Type of merger as defined by Article 119(2) of Directive (EU) 2017/1132

1

Code

(Cross-border merger by acquisition

Cross-border merger by formation of new company

Cross-border merger of wholly owned company)

Resulting company

1

Group of Elements

EUID

Unique identifier of the company resulting from the merger

1

Identifier

See section 8 of this Annex for structure of the EUID

Alternate IDs

Other identifiers

0…n

Identifier

Legal form

Type of legal form

1

Code

As referred to in Annex II to Directive (EU) 2017/1132

Name

Name of the company resulting from the merger

1

Text

Registered Office

Registered office of the company resulting from the merger

1

Text

Register Name

Name of the register where the company resulting from the merger was registered

1

Text

Merging Company

1…n

Group of Elements

EUID

Unique identifier of the company being merged

1

Identifier

See section 8 of this Annex for structure of the EUID

Alternate IDs

Other identifiers

0…n

Identifier

Legal Form

Type of legal form

1

Code

As referred to in Annex II to Directive (EU) 2017/1132

Name

Name of the company taking part in the merger

1

Text

Registered Office

Registered office of the company taking part in the merger

0…1

Text

Register Name

Register where the merging company was registered

1

Text

Cardinality 0 means that the data is optional. Cardinality 1 means that the data is mandatory. Cardinality 0…n or 1…n means that more than one piece of the same type of data may be provided.

The notification message may also include technical data necessary for the proper transmission of the message.

The exchange of information shall also include technical messages necessary for the acknowledgement of receipt, logging and reporting purposes.