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Informationen zum Autor Dirk Van Gerven is a partner in the Brussels office of NautaDutilh (a leading Benelux law firm) and a member of the Brussels and New York Bars. He has extensive experience in all areas of corporate and financial law, including securities regulation. Van Gerven is in charge of continuing legal education for the Dutch-speaking Bar Association of Brussels and has published widely in the fields of corporate and financial law. Since 2003, he has also been a member of the supervisory board of Belgium's Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission. Klappentext A discussion of the EC Regulation and Directive in all Member States with respect to cross-border mergers (28 countries). Zusammenfassung This overview of the legislation as applicable in all countries of the European Union and European Economic Area is a useful tool for comparative studies and for understanding the implementation of an EC Directive or EC Regulation in a specific Member State. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: 1. Community rules applicable to cross-border mergers Dirk Van Gerven; 2. Employee participation: rights and obligations Philippe Francois and Julien Hick; 3. Tax rules applicable to cross-border mergers Jan Werbrouck; 4. Scope and limitations of the Cross-Border Merger Directive Paul Storm; Part II. Application in Each Member State: National Reports for EU Member States: 5. Austria Gottfried Gassner and Andreas Hable; 6. Belgium Dirk Van Gerven; 7. Bulgaria Anelia Tatarova, Raina Dimitrova and Yordan Naydenov; 8. Cyprus Alexandros Tsadiras; 9. Czech Republic Adam Jirousek and Jan Lasák; 10. Denmark Vagn Thorup, Jeppe Buskov and Kromann Reumert; 11. Estonia Ahto Nirgi and Sven Papp; 12. Germany Andreas Wuesthoff; 13. Hungary Jacques De Servigny, Zsofia Fekete and Szabolcs Erdos; 14. The Netherlands Paul Van Der Bijl and Frits Oldenburg; 15. Poland Michä Bar¿owski; 16. Slovak Republic Michaela Jurkova; 17. United Kingdom Ian Snaith; Part III. Application in the EEA Member States: Norway Stig Berge and Herman Bondeson; Part IV. Annexes: Annex I. Council Directive 2005/56/EC of 26 October 2005 on cross-border mergers of limited liability companies (the 'Cross-Border Merger Directive'); Annex II. Council Directive 90/435/EEC of 23 July 1990 on the common system of taxation applicable in the case of parent companies and subsidiaries of different Member States (the 'Parent-Subsidiary Directive'); Annex III. List of national legislation implementing the Cross-Border Merger Directive....
