PART THREE

UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS
TITLE IV

FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL
CHAPTER 2

RIGHT OF ESTABLISHMENT

(ex Article 48 TEC)
Article 54
Companies or firms formed in accordance with the law of a Member State and having their registered office, central administration or principal place of business within the Union shall, for the purposes of this Chapter, be treated in the same way as natural persons who are nationals of Member States.
‘Companies or firms’ means companies or firms constituted under civil or commercial law, including cooperative societies, and other legal persons governed by public or private law, save for those which are non-profit-making.