Policy Documents

Anne Lafarre (Department of Business Law, Tilburg University, The Netherlands.)

The AGM in Europe

ISBN: 978-1-78743-534-6, eISBN: 978-1-78743-533-9

Publication date: 13 October 2017

Citation

Lafarre, A. (2017), "Policy Documents", The AGM in Europe, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 315-317. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78743-533-920171029

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EU

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et al. Directive 2005/56/EC on cross-border mergers of limited liability companies, 2005, O.J. L 310/1. (‘Directive on Cross-Border Mergers’).

et al. Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts, amending Council Directives 78/ 660/EEC and 83/349/EEC and repealing Council Directive 84/253/EEC, 2006 O.J. L 157/87. (‘Audit Directive’).

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France

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The Netherlands

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