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Council Directive 2006/99/EC of 20 November 2006 adapting certain Directives in the field of company law, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania| Legal instrument | Directive |
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| Number legal act | Directive 2006/99 |
| Original proposal | COM(2006)523  |
| CELEX number i | 32006L0099 |
| Document | 20-11-2006 |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 20-12-2006; OJ L 352M , 31.12.2008,Special edition in Bulgarian: Chapter 17 Volume 003,Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 17 Volume 002,OJ L 363, 20.12.2006,Special edition in Romanian: Chapter 17 Volume 003 |
| Effect | 01-01-2007; Entry into force See Art 3 |
| End of validity | 18-07-2013; Implicitly repealed by 32013L0034 |
| Transposition | 01-01-2007; At the latest See Art 2.1 |
20.12.2006 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 363/137 |
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2006/99/EC
of 20 November 2006
adapting certain Directives in the field of company law, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania (1), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 56 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
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Pursuant to Article 56 of the Act of Accession, where acts of the institutions remain valid beyond 1 January 2007, and require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in the Act of Accession or its Annexes, the necessary acts are to be adopted by the Council, unless the Commission adopted the original act. |
(2) |
The Final Act of the Conference which drew up the Treaty of Accession indicated that the High Contracting Parties had reached political agreement on a set of adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions required by reason of accession and invited the Council and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before accession, completed and updated where necessary to take account of the evolution of the law of the Union. |
(3) |
Directives 68/151/EEC (2), 77/91/EEC (3), 78/660/EEC (4), 78/855/EEC (5), 83/349/EEC (6) and 89/667/EEC (7) should therefore be amended accordingly, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Directives 68/151/EEC, 77/91/EEC, 78/660/EEC, 78/855/EEC, 83/349/EEC and 89/667/EEC shall be amended as set out in the Annex.
Article 2
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1.Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by the date of accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
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2.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 3
This Directive shall enter into force subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania.
Article 4
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 November 2006
For the Council
The President
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J.KORKEAOJA
ANNEX
COMPANY LAW
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A.COMPANY LAW
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31968 L 0151: First Council Directive 68/151/EEC of 9 March 1968 on coordination of safeguards which, for the protection of the interests of members and others, are required by Member States of companies within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 58 of the Treaty, with a view to making such safeguards equivalent throughout the Community (OJ L 65, 14.3.1968, p. 8), as amended by:
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