Societas Europaea
E37815
European company
legal entity form under European Union law
supranational public limited-liability company form
Societas Europaea is a public limited-liability company structure under European Union law that allows firms to operate across EU member states with a single, unified corporate form.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Societas Europaea canonical | 17 |
| European Company | 2 |
| Société Européenne | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T292385 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Societas Europaea Context triple: [Airbus, legalForm, Societas Europaea]
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A.
Western European Union
The Western European Union was a now-defunct European defense and security organization that coordinated military cooperation among several Western European states during the Cold War and its aftermath.
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B.
Europaeum
Europaeum is a network of leading European universities dedicated to promoting academic collaboration, European studies, and cross-border dialogue in higher education.
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C.
Visegrád Group
The Visegrád Group is a political and economic alliance of four Central European countries—Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia—focused on regional cooperation and European integration.
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D.
Confederation of the Rhine
The Confederation of the Rhine was a coalition of German states formed under the influence of Napoleon Bonaparte that replaced the Holy Roman Empire and served as a French client alliance in early 19th-century Central Europe.
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E.
European Union
The European Union is a political and economic union of European countries that collectively form one of the world’s largest single markets and play a major role in global diplomacy and governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Societas Europaea Target entity description: Societas Europaea is a public limited-liability company structure under European Union law that allows firms to operate across EU member states with a single, unified corporate form.
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A.
Western European Union
The Western European Union was a now-defunct European defense and security organization that coordinated military cooperation among several Western European states during the Cold War and its aftermath.
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B.
Europaeum
Europaeum is a network of leading European universities dedicated to promoting academic collaboration, European studies, and cross-border dialogue in higher education.
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C.
Visegrád Group
The Visegrád Group is a political and economic alliance of four Central European countries—Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia—focused on regional cooperation and European integration.
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D.
Confederation of the Rhine
The Confederation of the Rhine was a coalition of German states formed under the influence of Napoleon Bonaparte that replaced the Holy Roman Empire and served as a French client alliance in early 19th-century Central Europe.
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E.
European Union
The European Union is a political and economic union of European countries that collectively form one of the world’s largest single markets and play a major role in global diplomacy and governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
European company
ⓘ
legal entity form under European Union law ⓘ supranational public limited-liability company form ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
facilitate cross-border business within the EU
ⓘ
provide a single corporate form for EU-wide operations ⓘ |
| allowsOperationAcross |
EU member states
ⓘ
European Economic Area ⓘ |
| appliesTo | companies incorporated under the law of an EU member state ⓘ |
| canBeFormedBy |
conversion of a national public limited-liability company into an SE
ⓘ
creation of a holding SE by public or private limited-liability companies from different member states ⓘ creation of a subsidiary SE by companies or other legal entities ⓘ merger of public limited-liability companies from different EU member states ⓘ |
| canBeListedOn | regulated markets in the European Union ⓘ |
| canEstablish | subsidiaries in EU member states ⓘ |
| canTransferRegisteredOfficeTo | another EU member state without winding up ⓘ |
| firstRegulationAdoptedOn | 2001-10-08 ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Council Directive 2001/86/EC
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Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | SE ⓘ |
| hasAcronymMeaning | European company ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName | European company ⓘ |
| hasLatinName | Societas Europaea self-link ⓘ |
| isAlternativeTo | national public limited company forms ⓘ |
| isRecognizedIn |
European Economic Area
ⓘ
surface form:
European Economic Area states
all EU member states ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | European Union ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| legalBasisInTreaties | Article 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ |
| legalFormType | public limited-liability company ⓘ |
| liabilityOfShareholders | limited to their contributions ⓘ |
| mayHave | registered capital divided into shares ⓘ |
| permitsBoardStructure |
one-tier system
ⓘ
two-tier system ⓘ |
| permitsCrossBorderMerger | between public limited companies from different member states ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | European Commission and Council legislation ⓘ |
| regulationEnteredIntoForceOn | 2004-10-08 ⓘ |
| requiresCrossBorderElement | yes ⓘ |
| requiresEmployeeParticipationNegotiation | before registration ⓘ |
| requiresMinimumCapital | 120000 euro ⓘ |
| requiresNameSuffix | SE ⓘ |
| requiresPublicationOf | formation and statutes in the Official Journal of the European Union ⓘ |
| requiresRegisteredOffice |
in the same member state as its head office
ⓘ
within the European Union ⓘ |
| requiresRegistrationIn | company register of the member state of its registered office ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
EU company law regulations
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employee involvement rules under Directive 2001/86/EC ⓘ national company law of the member state of registration ⓘ |
| subjectToTaxationRulesOf | member state of residence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Societas Europaea Description of subject: Societas Europaea is a public limited-liability company structure under European Union law that allows firms to operate across EU member states with a single, unified corporate form.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Société Européenne
this entity surface form:
European Company
this entity surface form:
European Company