Part I: 1. Rules of Community law applicable to takeover bids Dirk Van Gerven; 2. A US lawyer's perspective on the Takeover Directive Nikolaos Andronikos; Part II. Application in Each Member State: National Reports for the EU Member States: 3. Austria Florian Khol and Thomas Berghammer; 4. Belgium Marc Van Der Haegen and Dirk Van Gerven; 5. Czech Republic Petr Kasik and Vlastimil Pihera; 6. Estonia Sven Papp and Ahto Nirgi; 7. Germany Hildegard Ziemons, Jochen Schlotter and Karsten Hilmer; 8. Greece Vassiliki Lazarakou and Elena Papachristou; 9. Hungary Jacques De Servigny and Zsofia Fekete; 10. Ireland Michael Greene and Keavy Ryan; 11. Latvia Dace Silava-Tomsone and Martins Aljens; 12. Lithuania Irmantas Norkus and Eva Suduiko; 13. Luxembourg Josee Weydert and Carmen Rodriguez; 14. The Netherlands Christiaan De Brauw, Bart Jong, Harmen De Mol Van Otterloo and Paul Olden; 15. Portugal Martim Krupenski; 16. Slovak Republic Branislav Hazucha and Michaela Jurkova; 17. Spain Carlos Paredes Galego and Damaso Riano Lopez; 18. United Kingdom Craig Jones; Annexes: Annex I. Council Directive (EC) No 2004/25 of 21 April 2004 on takeover bids (the Takeover Directive); Annex II. List of national laws implementing the Takeover Directive; Part II. Application in Each Member State: National Reports for the EU Member States: 19. Bulgaria Yordan Naydenov, Damian Simeonov and Angel Angelov; 20. Cyprus Alexandros Tsadiras; 21. Denmark Vagn Thorup and David Moalem; 22. Finland Mikko Heinonen and Klaus Ilmonen; 23. France Didier G. Martin, Antoine Tezenas Du Montcel and Max Baird-Smith; 24. Italy Francesco Gianni and Andrea Aiello; 25. Malta Louis De Gabriele and David Zahra; 26. Poland Rafal Dziedzic, Maciej Owczarewicz and Malgorzata Wojtkiewicz-Kabut; 27. Romania Diana E. Precup; 28. Slovenia Matija Knapic, Jurij Dolzan and Peter Premk; 29. Sweden Madeleine Rydberger and Nils Nostell; Part III. Application in the EEA Member States: 30. Iceland Olafur Arinbjoern Sigur?sson; 31. Liechtenstein Andreas Schurti and Alexander Appel; 32. Norway Sverre Tyrhaug and Tore Mydske; Annexes: Annex I. Council Directive (EC) No 2004/25 of 21 April 2004 on takeover bids (the Takeover Directive); Annex II. List of national laws implementing the Takeover Directive.