PURPOSE: codification of Third Directive 78/855/EEC concerning mergers of public limited liability companies.
LEGISLATIVE ACT: Directive 2011/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning mergers of public limited liability companies (codified text).
CONTENT: the purpose of this Directive is to undertake a codification of Third Council Directive 78/855/EEC of 9 October 1978 based on Article 54(3)(g) of the Treaty concerning mergers of public limited liability companies.
The new Directive will supersede the various acts incorporated in it. It fully preserves the content of the acts and hence does no more than bring them together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 01/07/2010.