Establishing a European Economic Entity with Co-operative Identity

Asen Vodenicharov
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Asen Vodenicharov: South-West University "Neofit Rilski", Bulgaria

Ikonomiceski i Sotsialni Alternativi, 2020, issue 1, 111-122

Abstract: The article examines and analyzes extensively the ways in which the European Cooperative Society (Societas Cooperativa Europaea (SCE)) is established: a) by five or more natural persons resident in at least two Member States; b) by five or more natural persons and companies and firms within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 48 of the Treaty and other legal bodies governed by public or private law, formed under the law of a Member State, resident in, or governed by the law of, at least two different Member States; c) by companies and firms within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 48 of the Treaty and other legal bodies governed by public or private law formed under the law of a Member State which are governed by the law of at least two different Member States; d) by a merger between cooperatives formed under the law of a Member State with registered offices and head offices within the Community, provided that at least two of them are governed by the law of different Member States; e) by conversion of a cooperative formed under the law of a Member State, which has its registered office and head office within the Community if for at least two years it has had an establishment or subsidiary governed by the law of another Member State. The aforementioned methods are studied with the European Company (Societies Europea (SE)) in a comparative legal aspect and the European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG).

Keywords: European Cooperative Society; establishment of cooperative; company law; conversion of existing cooperatives; cooperative mergers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K20 L22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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