Cross-Border Mergers in Europe: Volume 1

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 Lasak; 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 Michal Barlowski; 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.