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"Mr President, I would like to congratulate Ms Regner and the Committee on Legal Affairs for the report on the cross-border transfer of company seats. The timing of the report is very appropriate, as the Commission will launch, in February, a public consultation on the future of EU company law.
The process was initiated with a conference in May 2011, which brought together practitioners, scholars and experts from a variety of backgrounds, including from this House, to discuss key company law issues. A group of experts established by the Commission provided a report for this conference.
Since then, the Commission has continued its reflections and decided to involve a larger circle of EU citizens in the work by launching a public consultation. The issue of companies’ cross-border mobility, including, but not limited to, the question of a directive on the cross-border transfer of companies’ registered offices, is an integral part of this. The public consultation will contain detailed questions on the need and conditions for a possible directive, as well as its likely effects. The view expressed in the report today will fit into this process in a valuable way. So many thanks again to the rapporteur.
This is not the first time Parliament has called on the Commission to come forward with a proposal for a directive on the cross-border transfer of company seats. The Commission has already openly engaged in a dialogue on the need for such a directive, which would have to bring real value for the companies and for the internal market. Clearly, this is not a topic that has disappeared from the Commission’s radar.
There are two specific issues in this context that require careful consideration. I am referring here to the separation between a registered office of administration, on the one hand, and to employees’ participation, on the other. The negotiations on the European private company statute have shown once again how difficult it is to find compromises on these issues between Member States. The Commission finds the report very balanced regarding these issues and we are grateful for this.
The Commission looks forward to continuing the constructive dialogue with Parliament on the important issue of corporate mobility in general, and the directive on the cross-border transfer of company seats in particular. I can assure you that Commissioner Barnier will take full ownership of the follow-up of the discussion we have had in this House today. The Commission plans to finalise its reflection on this issue in the course of this year."@en1
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