
2004 No. 417
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
The European Public Limited-Liability Company Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (revoked)
Made 1st October 2004
Coming into operation 8th October 2004
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PART I GENERAL
Citation and commencement
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EC Directive and EC Regulation
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Interpretation
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PART II REGISTRATION OF SEs AND THE REGISTRAR ETC.
The registrar
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Registration of an SE formed by merger in accordance with Article 2(1)
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Registration of the formation of a holding SE in accordance with Article 2(2)
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Registration of the formation of a subsidiary SE in accordance with Article 2(3)
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Registration of an SE by the transformation of a public company in accordance with Article 2(4)
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Registration of an SE formed as the subsidiary of an SE in accordance with Article 3(2)
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Registration of an SE on the transfer of its registered office to Northern Ireland in accordance with Article 8
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Certificate of the competent authority under Article 8(8)
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Registration of an SE
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Documents sent to the registrar
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Application of the 1986 Order to the registration of SEs
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False statements in documents sent to the registrar or the Department
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PART III EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT
CHAPTER 1
interpretation of part iii
Interpretation of Part III
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CHAPTER 2
participating companies and the special negotiating body
Circumstances in which certain provisions of this Part apply
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Duty on participating company to provide information
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Complaint of failure to provide information
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Function of the special negotiating body
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Composition of the special negotiating body
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Complaint about establishment of the special negotiating body
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CHAPTER 3
election or appointment of uk members of the special negotiating body
Ballot arrangements
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Conduct of the ballot
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Appointment of UK members by a consultative committee
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Representation of employees
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CHAPTER 4
negotiation of the employee involvement agreement
Negotiations to reach an employee involvement agreement
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The employee involvement agreement
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Decisions of the special negotiating body
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Decision not to open or to terminate negotiations
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Complaint about decisions of the special negotiating body
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CHAPTER 5
standard rules on employee involvement
Standard rules on employee involvement
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CHAPTER 6
compliance and enforcement
Disputes about operation of an employee involvement agreement or the standard rules on employee involvement
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Penalties
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Misuse of procedures
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Exclusivity of remedy
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CHAPTER 7
confidential information
Breach of statutory duty
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Withholding of information
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CHAPTER 8
protection for members of the special negotiating body, etc.
Right to time off for members of the special negotiating body, etc.
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Right to remuneration for time off under regulation 39
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Right to time off: complaints to tribunals
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Unfair dismissal
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Subsidiary provisions relating to unfair dismissal
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Detriment
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Detriment: enforcement and subsidiary provisions
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Conciliation
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CHAPTER 9
miscellaneous
Industrial Court proceedings
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Labour Relations Agency
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Restrictions on contracting out: general
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Restrictions on contracting out: Chapter 8
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Amendment of the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 1999
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Existing employee involvement rights
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PART IV EXERCISE OF MEMBER STATE'S OPTIONS UNDER THE EC REGULATION
Participation in the formation of an SE by a company formed under the law of a Member State whose head office is not in the Community (Article 2(5))
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Additional forms of publication of transfer proposal (Article 8(2))
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Extension of protection given by Article 8(7) to liabilities incurred prior to transfer (Article 8(7))
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Power of the competent authorities of a Member State to oppose a transfer on public interest grounds (Article 8(14))
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Power of the management or administrative organ of an SE to amend statutes where in conflict with employee involvement arrangements (Article 12(4))
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Power of the competent authorities of a Member State to oppose the participation of a merging company governed by its law on public interest grounds (Article 19)
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Minimum number of members of the management organ (Article 39(4))
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Minimum number of members of the supervisory organ (Article 40(3))
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Members of the supervisory organ to be entitled to require the management organ to provide certain information (Article 41(3))
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Minimum number of members of an administrative organ (Article 43(2))
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Timing of the first general meeting of an SE (Article 54(1))
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Proportion of shareholders of an SE who may require one or more additional items to be put on the agenda of any general meeting (Article 56)
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SEs subject to law on public limited liability companies as regards the expression of their capital (Article 67(1))
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PART V PROVISIONS REQUIRED BY THE EC REGULATION
Publication of terms of transfer, formation and conversion (Articles 8(2), 32(3) and 37(5))
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Publication of completion of merger (Article 28)
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Publication of fulfilment of conditions for the formation of a holding SE (Article 33(3))
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Publication of other documents or information (Articles 8(12), 15(2), 59(3) and 65)
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Protection of creditors and others on a transfer (Article 8(7))
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Power of the Department where an SE no longer complies with the requirements of Article 7
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Review of decisions of a competent authority (Articles 8(14) and 19)
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Competent authorities
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Enforcement of obligation to amend statutes in conflict with arrangements for employee involvement
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Records of an SE transferred under Article 8(11) or a public company ceasing to exist under Article 29(1) and (2)
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Application of statutory provisions to members of supervisory, management and administrative organs
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Register of members of supervisory organ
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Particulars of members to be registered under regulation 77
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The SE as a body corporate
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Notification of amendments to statutes of an SE and insolvency events (Articles 59(3) and 65)
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Accounting reference period and financial year of transferring SE
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Penalties for breach of Article 11 (use of SE in name)
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PART VII PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE CONVERSION OF AN SE TO A PUBLIC COMPANY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 66 OF THE EC REGULATION
Registration of a public company by the conversion of an SE
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Publication of draft terms of conversion
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Registration under the 1986 Order
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Effect of registration
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Records of a converting SE
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SCHEDULE 1
FORMS
Regulations 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 66, 68, 70, 77, 80, 83 and 84

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SCHEDULE 2
PROVISIONS OF THE 1986 ORDER APPLYING TO THE REGISTRATION OF SEs
Regulation 14
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SCHEDULE 3
STANDARD RULES ON EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT
Regulations 16(1) and 32
Part 1: Composition of the representative body
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Part 2: Standard rules for information and consultation
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Part 3: Standard rules for participation
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SCHEDULE 4
MODIFICATIONS OF  THE COMPANIES ACTS  AND THE INSOLVENCY (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1989
Regulations 83 and 86
Modifications applying before registration
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Modifications applying on or after registration
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Effect of registration
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Use of “limited”
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Certificate as to share capital
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Fees
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Accounting reference date
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