Employee involvement in companies under the European Company Statute

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Authors

Udo Rehfeldt

Eckhard Voss

Valeria Pulignano

Melinda Kelemen

Volker Telljohann

Lionel Fulton

László Neumann

Dániel Mester

Kim Schütze

Peter Wilke

Abstract

The European Company Statute (SE) is based on the Council Regulation on the Statute for a European Company (2157/2001/EC) and on the Directive supplementing the Statute for a European Company with regard to the involvement of employees (2001/86/EC). It is one of the most important pieces of company legislation published so far by the European Union. Adopted in 2001, it has since October 2004 made it possible for companies operating in more than one EU Member State to reorganise their cross-border business under a single European label. This enables them to work under the umbrella of a single legal framework, thereby reducing the internal costs of operating in several countries. Employee involvement, including participation rights at board level, is the focus of this research report.

Employee involvement in companies under the European Company Statute

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Executive summary

Employee involvement in companies under the European Company Statute - Executive summary

An EU-based company may become an SE in four ways (the first three involve more than one company): merger; creation of a joint holding company; creation of a subsidiary; or when a single EU-based company is transformed into an SE, provided it has had a subsidiary governed by the law of another...

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Employee involvement in companies under the European Company Statute - Executive summary

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Number of pages: 105

Reference nº: EF1078

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