European Company (SE)

Statute for a European Company (Societas Europaea, SE)
Council Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European company (SE).
Worker involvement in the European Company (Societas Europaea, SE)
Council Directive 2001/86/EC of 8 October 2001 supplementing the Statute for a European company with regard to the involvement of employees
Related EU documents / reports (including the national transposition laws) can be downloaded from the EU Commission website. Translations into English are available for most countries.

In transposing Directive 2001/86/EC, EU member states were granted quite a number of choices. This section looks at the ways in which the SE Directive has been transposed in the different EEA member states and provide information on key aspects, such as the selection of the national representatives on the special negotiating body and the standard rules. The Comparison Tool enables you to make individualised comparisons between countries and criteria.

NATIONAL TRANSPOSITIONS (CHRONOLOGICALLY)

Denmark (April 2004)
Sweden (May 2004)
Hungary (May 2004)
Iceland (May 2004)
Austria (June 2004)
Finland (August 2004)
Slovak Republic (September 2004)
United Kingdom (September 2004)
Belgium (October 2004)
Malta (October 2004)
Czech Republic (November 2004)
Germany (December 2004)
Cyprus (December 2004)
Estonia (January 2005)
Netherlands (March 2005)
Norway (March 2005)
Poland (March 2005)
Latvia (March 2005)
Lithuania (May 2005)
France (July 2005)
Italy (August 2005)
Portugal (October 2005)
Liechtenstein (November 2005)
Slovenia (March 2006)
Greece (May 2006)
Luxembourg (August 2006)
Spain (October 2006)
Ireland (January 2007)
Romania (March 2007)
Bulgaria (July 2007)

The full text of the transposition laws and (for most countries) unofficial translations into English can be downloaded from the EU Commission website.