Response to the European Commission's Action Plan on Company Law and Corporate Governance

24 Pages Posted: 15 Oct 2014 Last revised: 4 Nov 2014

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(ECFR) European Company and Financial Law Review

Walter De Gruyter GmbH

José Engrácia Antunes

Independent

Theodor Baums

J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Blanaid J. Clarke

Trinity College Dublin - School of Law

Pierre-Henri Conac

University of Luxembourg; Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Luca Enriques

University of Oxford Faculty of Law; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Andras I. Hanak

Andras Hanak Law Offices

Jesper Lau Hansen

University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law (FOCOFIMA)

H. J. de Kluiver

University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Law

Vanessa Knapp

Queen Mary University of London

Noëlle Lenoir

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Leena Linnainmaa

Independent

Stanislaw Soltysinski

Komisja Kodyfikacyjna Prawa Cywilnego; Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak, Legal Advisors

Eddy Wymeersch

Ghent University - Financial Law Institute; ECGI

Date Written: October 2, 2014

Abstract

The members of the former Reflection Group on the Future of EU Company Law, which published its report in April 2011, decided to publish their views on the “Action Plan on European Company Law and Corporate Governance” of the European Commission of 12 December 2012 as well as subsequent and related developments. We support the Action Plan and note that it has endorsed many proposals included in the report of the Reflection Group.

However, some proposals have not been included, although they might be considered at a later stage (loyalty shares, review of the role of independent directors, the Single Member Company), and we reiterate our support for them. On the issue of cross border transfer of seat, we regret that the Commission is not more ambitious. We also reiterate our support for substantive measures in areas related to cross-border operations of companies, including improving cross border shareholder identification. We also support strong monitoring of whether a company has complied with a corporate governance code or, if it has not, it has provided a good quality explanation therefor, rather than imposing substantive regulation. In general, in the areas where substantive regulation is necessary, we call on the Commission to move carefully.

Suggested Citation

European Company and Financial Law Review, (ECFR) and Engrácia Antunes, José and Baums, Theodor and Clarke, Blanaid J. and Conac, Pierre-Henri and Enriques, Luca and Hanak, Andras I. and Hansen, Jesper Lau and de Kluiver, H. J. and Knapp, Vanessa and Lenoir, Noëlle and Linnainmaa, Leena and Soltysinski, Stanislaw and Wymeersch, Eddy O., Response to the European Commission's Action Plan on Company Law and Corporate Governance (October 2, 2014). European Company and Financial Law Review Vol. 10, No. 3, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2504524

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José Engrácia Antunes

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Theodor Baums

J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main ( email )

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Pierre-Henri Conac

University of Luxembourg ( email )

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Luca Enriques

University of Oxford Faculty of Law ( email )

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European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

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Andras I. Hanak

Andras Hanak Law Offices ( email )

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Hungary

Jesper Lau Hansen

University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law (FOCOFIMA) ( email )

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Denmark

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H. J. De Kluiver

University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Law ( email )

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Vanessa Knapp

Queen Mary University of London ( email )

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London, London E1 4NS
United Kingdom

Noëlle Lenoir

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
United States

Leena Linnainmaa

Independent ( email )

Stanislaw Soltysinski

Komisja Kodyfikacyjna Prawa Cywilnego ( email )

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Poland

Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak, Legal Advisors ( email )

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Eddy O. Wymeersch

Ghent University - Financial Law Institute ( email )

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