Societas Europaea

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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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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
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
employee involvement rules under Directive 2001/86/EC
national company law of the member state of registration
subjectToTaxationRulesOf member state of residence

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Societas Europaea hasLatinName Societas Europaea self-link
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SAP legalForm Societas Europaea