The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (European Economic Interest Grouping and European Public Limited-Liability Company) Regulations 2012
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1063(1) to (3) and 1292(1) of the Companies Act 2006 M1.
Citation and commencement1.
These Regulations may be cited as the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (European Economic Interest Grouping and European Public Limited-Liability Company) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 1st October 2012.
Interpretation2.
In these Regulations—
F1“the EC Regulation means Council Regulation 2157/2001/EC of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European Company;
“the 2006 Act” means the Companies Act 2006;
“Companies House Direct” and “CHD” mean the service by which information is accessed by the applicant in Hyper Text Markup Language using a website of the registrar by delivering a non-encrypted access code;
F2“EEIG establishment” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the EEIG Regulations;
F3the “EEIG Regulations” means the European Economic Interest Grouping Regulations 1989;
“Extranet” means the service by which information is accessed by means of the access codes of the applicant in Hyper Text Markup Language using a website of the registrar;
“limited liability partnership” means a body corporate incorporated under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 M2;
“limited partnership” means a partnership registered under the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 M3;
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F5“UKEIG” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the EEIG Regulations;
“XML Gateway” and “XML” mean the service by which information is accessed by the applicant in Extensible Markup Language by means of a partially encrypted access code.
F6“UK Societas” means a European Public Limited-Liability Company, within the meaning of the EC Regulation, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, which was registered in the United Kingdom and which on IP completion day converted to a United Kingdom Societas within the meaning of the EC Regulation.
Fees payable in respect of functions relating to the registration of documents by the registrar3.
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F10Fees payable in respect of the disclosure of restricted DOB information4A.
Schedule 3 to these Regulations makes provision for the fees that are payable to the registrar in respect of the disclosure of restricted DOB information relating to a manager of F11a UKEIG or an EEIG establishment.
Transitional provisions5.
(1)
Where any document delivered to the registrar on or before 30th September 2012 is registered on or after 1st October 2012 the fee prescribed in Schedule 1 to the Regulations in respect of that document shall not apply and any fee payable in respect of that document by virtue of the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (European Economic Interest Grouping and European Public Limited Liability Company) Regulations 2009 M4 shall apply.
(2)
Where any application is made or subscription is payable to the registrar on or before 30th September 2012 in respect of the inspection of, or the provision of copies of, material kept by the registrar, the fee prescribed in Schedule 2 to these Regulations in respect of that application or subscription shall not apply and any fee payable under the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (European Economic Interest Grouping and European Public Limited Liability Company) Regulations 2009 shall apply.
Revocation6.
The following regulations are revoked–
(a)
the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (European Economic Interest Grouping and European Public Limited Liability Company) Regulations 2009; and
(b)
the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (European Economic Interest Grouping) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 M5.
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
SCHEDULE 1THE PERFORMANCE OF FUNCTIONS RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF DOCUMENTS BY THE REGISTRAR
PART 1INTERPRETATION
F12Words and expressions used in the EC Regulation
1.
F13(1)
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(2)
Meaning of “same day registration”
2.
For the purposes of this Schedule documents are delivered for “same day registration” if—
(a)
a request for same day registration and all documents required to be delivered to the registrar in connection with that registration are received by the registrar by 3.00 pm on the day in question; and
(b)
the registration is completed on that day.
General
3.
Where, in relation to any matter in respect of which a fee is payable under this Schedule, the means of delivery to the registrar of the documents required to be delivered in relation to that matter, or the form of those documents are not specified, that fee is payable only in respect of documents that are delivered in hard copy form.
4.
Where, in relation to any matter in respect of which a fee is payable under this Schedule, no provision is made for same day registration of the documents required to be delivered to the registrar in relation to that matter, that fee is only payable in respect of the delivery of documents other than for same day registration.
PART 2FEES PAYABLE
F17UK Economic Interest Groupings and EEIG establishments
5.
In respect of the performance by the registrar of his functions in relation to the registration of documents delivered to him in respect of F18UKEIGs and EEIG establishments, the fee specified in relation to each matter below is payable on the registration of the documents so delivered relating to that matter–
Matter in relation to which the fee is payable | Amount of fee |
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F19(a). . . | F19. . . |
(b)for the registration under regulation 12 of the EEIG Regulations M6 of an EEIG F20establishment; | F21£124.00 |
(c)for the registration of a change of name of F22a UKEIG under regulation 11 of the EEIG Regulations M7; | F23£30.00 |
(d)for the registration of a charge under paragraph 26 of Schedule 4 to the EEIG Regulations M8. | F24£24.00 |
F25UK Societates
6.
In respect of the performance by the registrar of his functions in relation to the registration of documents delivered to him in respect of F26UK Societates, the fee specified in relation to each matter below is payable on the registration of the documents so delivered relating to that matter–
F31SCHEDULE 2THE PERFORMANCE OF FUNCTIONS RELATING TO THE INSPECTION OR PROVISION OF COPIES OF DOCUMENTS KEPT BY THE REGISTRAR IN RELATION TO UKEIGs AND EEIG ESTABLISHMENTS
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F32SCHEDULE 3THE PERFORMANCE OF FUNCTIONS RELATING TO THE DISCLOSURE OF RESTRICTED DOB INFORMATION
1.
In respect of the performance of the registrar’s function in relation to the inspection of material kept by the registrar and the provision of the copies of material kept by the registrar in respect of F33UKEIGs and EEIG establishments, where that material is restricted DOB information to which section 1087A(1) of the 2006 Act as applied to EEIGs by paragraph 32A of Schedule 4 to the EEIG Regulations applies, the following fees are payable—
Matters in relation to which a fee is payable | Amount of fee |
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| £54.00 |
| £5.00 |
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations provide for the fees to be payable to the registrar of companies in respect of his functions relating to the registration of documents relating to European Economic Interest Groupings (“EEIGs”) and European Public Limited-Liability Companies (“SEs”), and the inspection or provision of copies of documents kept by him relating to EEIGs.
The Regulations come into force on 1st October 2012. They replace the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (European Economic Interest Grouping and European Public Limited Liability Company) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2403).
The amounts of the fees in these Regulations remain the same as the corresponding fees in the replaced Regulations except for a reduced fee in respect of an EEIG—
- (a)
for the inspection and provision of a copy document by means of Companies House Direct or Extranet; and
- (b)
for the inspection of a document via a searchroom terminal at a Companies House Information Centre.
Regulation 3 and Schedule 1 provide the fees to be payable in respect of the registration of documents relating to EEIGs and SEs.
Regulation 4 and Schedule 2 provide the fees to be payable in respect of the inspection or provision of copies of documents kept by the registrar relating to EEIGs.
A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Strategy and Policy Section, Companies House, Crown Way, Maindy, Cardiff CF14 3UZ or on www.companieshouse.gov.uk and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on www.legislation.go.uk.