
CHAPTER I
Article 1 

1. The grounds for jurisdiction to open insolvency proceedings set out in paragraph 1B are in addition to any grounds for jurisdiction to open such proceedings which apply in the laws of any part of the United Kingdom.
(1A.) There is jurisdiction to open insolvency proceedings listed in paragraph 1B where the proceedings are opened for the purposes of rescue, adjustment of debt, reorganisation or liquidation and—
(a) the centre of the debtor's main interests is in the United Kingdom; or
(b) the centre of the debtor's main interests is in a Member State and there is an establishment in the United Kingdom.
(1B.) The proceedings referred to in paragraph 1 are—
(a) winding up by or subject to the supervision of the court;
(b) creditors' voluntary winding up with confirmation by the court;
(c) administration, including appointments made by filing prescribed documents with the court;
(d) voluntary arrangements under insolvency legislation; and
(e) bankruptcy or sequestration.
2. This Regulation shall not apply to proceedings referred to in paragraph 1 that concern:
(a) insurance undertakings;
(b) credit institutions;
(c) investment firms and other firms, institutions and undertakings to the extent that they are covered by  the Credit Institutions (Reorganisation and Winding up) Regulations 2004; or
(d) collective investment undertakings.
Article 2 
For the purposes of this Regulation:

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((1A)) “Member State” means a state which is a member of the EU other than Denmark;
((2)) ‘collective investment undertakings’ means undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) as defined in Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and alternative investment funds (AIFs) as defined in Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council;
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((4)) ‘insolvency proceedings’ means the proceedings  listed in Article 1(1B) which there is jurisdiction to open under Article 1(1A) and includes interim proceedings;
((5)) ‘insolvency practitioner’ means any person or body whose function, including on an interim basis, is to:

((i)) verify and admit claims submitted in insolvency proceedings;
((ii)) represent the collective interest of the creditors;
((iii)) administer, either in full or in part, assets of which the debtor has been divested;
((iv)) liquidate the assets referred to in point (iii); or
((v)) supervise the administration of the debtor's affairs.
The persons and bodies referred to in the first subparagraph are listed in Annex B;
((6)) ‘court’ means:

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((ii)) ... the judicial body or any other competent body ... empowered to open insolvency proceedings, to confirm such opening or to take decisions in the course of such proceedings;
((7)) ‘judgment opening insolvency proceedings’ includes:

((i)) the decision of any court to open insolvency proceedings or to confirm the opening of such proceedings; and
((ii)) the decision of a court to appoint an insolvency practitioner;
((8)) ‘the time of the opening of proceedings’ means the time at which the judgment opening insolvency proceedings becomes effective, regardless of whether the judgment is final or not;
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((10)) ‘establishment’ means any place of operations where a debtor carries out or has carried out in the 3-month period prior to the request to open ... insolvency proceedings a non-transitory economic activity with human means and assets;
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Article 3 

1. ...The centre of main interests shall be the place where the debtor conducts the administration of its interests on a regular basis and which is ascertainable by third parties.In the case of a company or legal person, the place of the registered office shall be presumed to be the centre of its main interests in the absence of proof to the contrary. That presumption shall only apply if the registered office has not been moved  from the United Kingdom to a Member State or to the United Kingdom from a Member State  within the 3-month period prior to the request for the opening of insolvency proceedings.In the case of an individual exercising an independent business or professional activity, the centre of main interests shall be presumed to be that individual's principal place of business in the absence of proof to the contrary. That presumption shall only apply if the individual's principal place of business has not been moved  from the United Kingdom to a Member State or to the United Kingdom from a Member State  within the 3-month period prior to the request for the opening of insolvency proceedings.In the case of any other individual, the centre of main interests shall be presumed to be the place of the individual's habitual residence in the absence of proof to the contrary. This presumption shall only apply if the habitual residence has not been moved  from the United Kingdom to a Member State or to the United Kingdom from a Member State  within the 6-month period prior to the request for the opening of insolvency proceedings.
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Article 4 

1. A court seised of a request to open insolvency proceedings shall of its own motion examine whether it has jurisdiction pursuant to  Article 1(1A) (a) or (b).  Where there is jurisdiction to open insolvency proceedings on either of the grounds specified in Article 1(1A)(a) or (b), the judgment opening such proceedings must state which of those grounds is applicable.
2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, where insolvency proceedings are opened ... without a decision by a court, ... the insolvency practitioner appointed in such proceedings  must examine the grounds on which there is jurisdiction to open the proceedings under Article 1(1A).Where this is the case and there is jurisdiction to open insolvency proceedings on either of the grounds specified in Article 1(1A)(a) or (b), the insolvency practitioner must specify in the decision opening the proceedings which of those grounds is applicable.
Article 5 

1. The debtor or any creditor may challenge before a court the decision opening ... insolvency proceedings on  the grounds of jurisdiction under Article 1(1A)(a).
2. The decision opening ... insolvency proceedings may be challenged by parties other than those referred to in paragraph 1 or on grounds other than a lack of ... jurisdiction under Article 1(1A)(a)  where  the relevant law (other than this Regulation) of the part of the United Kingdom in which the matter is being determined so provides.
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Article 18 
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CHAPTER II
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Article 20 
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Article 21 
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Article 33 
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CHAPTER III
Article 34 
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Article 48 
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Article 50 
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CHAPTER IV
Article 53 
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Article 54 
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CHAPTER V
SECTION 1
Article 56 
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Article 57 
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Article 58 
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Article 59 
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Article 60 
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SECTION 2
Subsection 1
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Article 62 
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Article 63 
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Article 64 
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Article 65 
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Article 66 
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Article 67 
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Article 68 
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Article 69 
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Article 70 
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Subsection 2
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Article 72 
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Article 73 
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CHAPTER VI
Article 78 
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Article 79 
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Article 80 
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Article 81 
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Article 82 
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Article 83 
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CHAPTER VII
Article 84 

1. The provisions of this Regulation shall apply only to insolvency proceedings opened from 26 June 2017. ...
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Article 85 

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3. This Regulation shall not apply:
(a) ..., to the extent that it is irreconcilable with the obligations arising in relation to bankruptcy from a convention concluded by  the United Kingdom  with one or more third countries before the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000;
(b) in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, to the extent that is irreconcilable with the obligations arising in relation to bankruptcy and the winding-up of insolvent companies from any arrangements with the Commonwealth existing at the time Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 entered into force.
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Article 87 
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Article 88 
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Article 89 
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Article 90 
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Article 91 
Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 is repealed.
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Article 92 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 26 June 2017, with the exception of:

((a)) Article 86, which shall apply from 26 June 2016;
((b)) Article 24(1), which shall apply from 26 June 2018; and
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ANNEX A
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ANNEX B

— Liquidator,
— Supervisor of a voluntary arrangement,
— Administrator,
— Official Receiver,
— Trustee,
— Provisional Liquidator,
— Interim Receiver,
— Judicial factor.

ANNEX C


 Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000
(OJ L 160, 30.6.2000, p. 1)
 Council Regulation (EC) No 603/2005
(OJ L 100, 20.4.2005, p. 1)
 Council Regulation (EC) No 694/2006
(OJ L 121, 6.5.2006, p. 1)
 Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006
(OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1)
 Council Regulation (EC) No 681/2007
(OJ L 159, 20.6.2007, p. 1)
 Council Regulation (EC) No 788/2008
(OJ L 213, 8.8.2008, p. 1)
 Implementing Regulation of the Council (EU) No 210/2010
(OJ L 65, 13.3.2010, p. 1)
 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 583/2011
(OJ L 160, 18.6.2011, p. 52)
 Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013
(OJ L 158, 10.6.2013, p. 1)
 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 663/2014
(OJ L 179, 19.6.2014, p. 4)
 Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded
(OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33)

ANNEX D
Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 This Regulation
Article 1 Article 1
Article 2, introductory words Article 2, introductory words
Article 2, point (a) Article 2, point (4)
Article 2, point (b) Article 2, point (5)
Article 2, point (c) —
Article 2, point (d) Article 2, point (6)
Article 2, point (e) Article 2, point (7)
Article 2, point (f) Article 2, point (8)
Article 2, point (g), introductory words Article 2, point (9), introductory words
Article 2, point (g), first indent Article 2, point (9)(vii)
Article 2, point (g), second indent Article 2, point (9)(iv)
Article 2, point (g), third indent Article 2, point (9)(viii)
Article 2, point (h) Article 2, point 10
— Article 2, points (1) to (3) and (11) to (13)
— Article 2, point (9)(i) to (iii), (v), (vi)
Article 3 Article 3
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— Article 5
— Article 6
Article 4 Article 7
Article 5 Article 8
Article 6 Article 9
Article 7 Article 10
Article 8 Article 11(1)
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Article 9 Article 12
Article 10 Article 13(1)
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Article 11 Article 14
Article 12 Article 15
Article 13, first indent Article 16, point (a)
Article 13, second indent Article 16, point (b)
Article 14, first indent Article 17, point (a)
Article 14, second indent Article 17, point (b)
Article 14, third indent Article 17, point (c)
Article 15 Article 18
Article 16 Article 19
Article 17 Article 20
Article 18 Article 21
Article 19 Article 22
Article 20 Article 23
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— Article 25
— Article 26
— Article 27
Article 21(1) Article 28(2)
Article 21(2) Article 28(1)
Article 22 Article 29
Article 23 Article 30
Article 24 Article 31
Article 25 Article 32
Article 26 Article 33
Article 27 Article 34
Article 28 Article 35
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Article 29 Article 37(1)
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— Article 39
Article 30 Article 40
Article 31 Article 41
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Article 32 Article 45
Article 33 Article 46
Article 34(1) Article 47(1)
Article 34(2) Article 47(2)
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Article 35 Article 49
Article 36 Article 50
Article 37 Article 51
Article 38 Article 52
Article 39 Article 53
Article 40 Article 54
Article 41 Article 55
Article 42 —
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— Article 57
— Article 58
— Article 59
— Article 60
— Article 61
— Article 62
— Article 63
— Article 64
— Article 65
— Article 66
— Article 67
— Article 68
— Article 69
— Article 70
— Article 71
— Article 72
— Article 73
— Article 74
— Article 75
— Article 76
— Article 77
— Article 78
— Article 79
— Article 80
— Article 81
— Article 82
— Article 83
Article 43 Article 84(1)
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Article 44 Article 85
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Article 45 —
— Article 87
— Article 88
— Article 89
Article 46 Article 90(1)
— Article 90(2) to (4)
— Article 91
Article 47 Article 92
Annex A Annex A
Annex B —
Annex C Annex B
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— Annex D