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3 - Belgium

from Part II - National reports for the EU Member States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2014

By
Dirk van Gerven
General editor
Dirk Van Gerven
Dirk van Gerven
Affiliation:
NautaDutilh, Brussels
Dirk Van Gerven
Affiliation:
NautaDutilh, Brussels
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Summary

Implementation and scope

The Second Company Law Directive was implemented into Belgian law by the Act of 5 December 1984. The amendments to the Directive introduced by Directive 92/101/EEC of 23 November 1992 were implemented by the Act of 13 April 1995, while those introduced by Directive 2006/68/EC of 6 September 2006 were implemented by means of the Royal Decree of 8 October 2008.

The scope of the Second Company Law Directive is limited to public limited liability companies (see no 1 of Chapter 1). According to the Directive, the société anonyme/naamloze vennootschap (“SA/NV”) is the public limited liability company under Belgian law to which the Directive applies. The Belgian legislature has extended the rules of the Directive to cover the société en commandite par actions/commanditaire vennootschap op aandelen (“SCA/Comm. VA”) and the société privée à responsabilité limitée/besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid (“SPRL/BVBA”); certain rules have also been extended to the société cooperative à responsabilité limitée/coöperatieve vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid (“SCRL/CVBA”).

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Capital Directive in Europe
The Rules on Incorporation and Capital of Limited Liability Companies
 , pp. 96 - 141
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2014

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References

Van Gerven, D., “Provisions of Community Law Applicable to the Societas Europaea”, in Van Gerven, D. and Storm, P. (eds.), The European Company, (Cambridge University Press, 2006), vol. I, p. 51CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Van Gerven, D., “Provisions of Community Law Applicable to the European Cooperative Society”, in Van Gerven, D. and Storm, P. (eds.), The European Cooperative Society, (Cambridge University Press, 2010), vol. I, no 31Google Scholar
van der Haegen, M. and Van Gerven, D., “Belgium”, in Van Gerven, D. (ed.), Common Legal Framework for Takeover Bids in Europe (Cambridge University Press 2008), vol. I, pp. 117 et seq.Google Scholar

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  • Belgium
  • General editor Dirk Van Gerven
  • Book: Capital Directive in Europe
  • Online publication: 05 June 2014
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139031691.006
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  • Belgium
  • General editor Dirk Van Gerven
  • Book: Capital Directive in Europe
  • Online publication: 05 June 2014
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139031691.006
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