Amendment of the European Economic Interest Grouping Regulations 1989
9. For regulation 9 substitute—
“Amendment of the register on conversion and issue of certificate of conversion
9.—(1) The registrar must, within the period beginning with exit day and ending at the end of the day after the day on which exit day falls, amend the name of a grouping which is converted from an EEIG to a UKEIG under Article 1 of the EC Regulation to reflect that conversion on the register.
(2) But the registrar is not required to amend the name of a grouping for the purposes of paragraph (1) in documents and particulars relating to that grouping and filed with the registrar before exit day.
(3) The registrar must issue a certificate to the UKEIG (a “certificate of conversion”) to confirm that the UKEIG has converted, on exit day, pursuant to Article 1 of the EC Regulation.
(4) The certificate of conversion must be—
(a)signed by the registrar or authenticated by the registrar’s official seal; and
(b)issued to the UKEIG within the period of 21 days beginning with exit day.
(5) Any communication or notice may be addressed to a UKEIG at its official address as notified to the registrar or in the case of any change of that address at any new official address notified to the registrar.
(6) Where, before exit day, a transfer proposal in relation to a grouping has been drawn up, filed and published under Article 14, paragraphs (1) to (4) do not apply in relation to that grouping, until such time as the registrar is satisfied that the transfer did not take effect before exit day.
(7) Paragraph (8) applies in relation to an EEIG—
(a)which immediately before exit day is registered in a Member State pursuant to a transfer of its official address from the United Kingdom to that Member State in accordance with Article 14; but
(b)whose registration in the United Kingdom has not been terminated before exit day.
(8) The registrar must delete the registration of an EEIG to which this paragraph applies as soon as reasonably practicable.
(9) In this regulation, “Article 14” means Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2137/85 of 25 July 1985 on the European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG)(1) as it applied in the European Union immediately before exit day.”.
OJ L No. 199, 31.07.1985, p.1.