The European company law action plan revisited : reassessment of the 2003 priorities of the European Commission /

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The harmonisation of company law has always been on the agenda of the European Union. Besides the protection of third parties affected by business transactions, the founders had two other objectives: first, promoting freedom of establishment, and second, preventing the abuse of such freedom. In fact...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Geens, K. (Koen), Hopt, Klaus J., 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leuven : Leuven University Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Corporation law > European Union countries.
Corporate governance > European Union countries.
Law > European Union countries > International unification.
Law > European Economic Community countries > International unification.
Gouvernement d'entreprise > Pays de l'Union européenne.
Droit > Pays de l'Union européenne > Unification internationale.
LAW > International.
LAW > Corporate.
Corporate governance
Corporation law
Law > International unification
European Union countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • THE EUROPEAN COMPANY LAW ACTION PLAN REVISITED; Table of Content; Preface; The European Company Law Action Plan Revisited: An Introduction; Stock-taking; Reform problems; 1. Capital; 2. Corporate governance; 3. One share/one vote; 4. Financial reporting; 5. Corporate mobility; Perspectives; Flexible mixed system solutions; Adequate enforcement; The financial markets crisis and beyond; I. Reforming Legal Capital: Harmonisation or Fragmentation of Creditor Protection?; Abstract; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction: the European path to reforming legal capital requirements to date; 2. Overview.
  • 3. Functions attributed to the legal capital4. Legal capital: a merely transitional phase or a powerful regulatory tool?; 5. Alternative regimes: a brief overview; 5.1. Traditional mechanisms enhancing creditor protection; 5.2. Creditor protection: alternatives to the Second Directive distribution regime; 5.2.1. Second Directive: balance sheet test; 5.2.2. The High Level Group; 5.2.3. The Rickford proposal; 5.2.4. The Lutter proposal; 5.2.5. The Dutch proposal; 5.3. Initiatives at the European level; 5.3.1. Second Directive to remain unchanged.
  • 5.3.2. Proposal for a Regulation on the Statute for a European Private Company6. Reasons for such a vigorous legal capital debate?; 7. Should creditor protection be ensured by corporate law?; 8. Alternative protective techniques; 9. Creditor protection: does Europe still want a level playing field?; 10. Concluding remarks: the way forward ... ; Bibliography; Transcripts of Capital and Creditor Protection Session; A. Abstract; B. Response to paper by Jonathan Rickford; C. Discussion; Didier MARTIN; Henri OLIVIER, University of Liège; Jonathan RICKFORD; Didier MARTIN; Jonathan RICKFORD.
  • Karel VAN HULLE, K.U. Leuven and European CommissionPhilippe PELLE, European Commission; Jonathan RICKFORD; Marieke WYCKAERT, K.U. Leuven; Didier MARTIN; Jean-Marie NELISSEN GRADE; Marieke WYCKAERT; Jean-Marie NELISSEN GRADE; Jonathan RICKFORD; II. Corporate Governance in a European Perspective; Abstract; Table of contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Growing Interest in Corporate Governance at European Level; 3. General Outline: European Corporate Governance and Ownership Structures; 4. Monitoring by The Market; 5. The Shareholders in the Corporate Governance Debate.
  • 6. Monitoring by an Independent Board of Directors7. Monitoring by the Legislator; 8. What Should Be on the European Agenda?; Bibliography; Transcripts of Corporate Governance Session; A. Abstract; B. Response to paper by Eddy Wymeersch; C. Discussion; Paul DAVIES; Peter MONTAGNON, Association of British Insurers; Walter VAN GERVEN, K.U. Leuven; Jaap WINTER, University of Amsterdam; Bruno LAFORCE, GIMV NV; Philippe PELLE, European Commission; Klaus J. HOPT, Max Planck Institute; José GARRIDO GARCIA, University of Castilla-La Mancha; Didier MARTIN, Bredin Prat, Paris; Paul DAVIES; Hilde LAGA.

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