Common Legal Framework for Takeover Bids in Europe: Volume 1

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, Thomas Berghammer; 4. Belgium Marc Van Der Haegen, Dirk Van Gerven; 5. Czech Republic Petr Kasik and Vlastimil Pihera; 6. Estonia Sven Papp, Ahto Nirgi; 7. Germany Hildegard Ziemons, Jochen Schlotter and Karsten Hilmer; 8. Greece Vassiliki Lazarakou, Elena Papachristou; 9. Hungary Jacques De Servigny and Zsofia Fekete; 10. Ireland Michael Greene and Keavy Ryan; 11. Latvia Dace Silava-Tomsone, 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.