The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the results of the Study on the operation and the impacts of the Statute for a European Company (SE). The deadline for responses was 23 May 2010. In the meantime, the European Commission has published a synthesis of the comments on the consultation on the results of the so-called 'Ernst and Young study' on the operation and impacts of the European Company statute (SE). Altogether, the EU Commission received 69 responses from 18 different countries and a range of backgrounds.