LEADER 05499nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910459848203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a94-6166-008-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000079770 035 $a(EBL)1762965 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000484234 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11338885 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484234 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10594251 035 $a(PQKB)10405607 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1762965 035 $a(OCoLC)715171671 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse29508 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1762965 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10452816 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000079770 100 $a20100622d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe European company law action plan revisited$b[electronic resource] $ereassessment of the 2003 priorities of the European Commission /$fedited by Koen Geens and Klaus J. Hopt 210 $aLeuven $cLeuven University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (376 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-5867-805-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aTHE EUROPEAN COMPANY LAW ACTION PLAN REVISITED; Table of Content; Preface; The European Company Law Action Plan Revisited: An Introduction; Stock-taking; Reform problems; 1. Capital; 2. Corporate governance; 3. One share/one vote; 4. Financial reporting; 5. Corporate mobility; Perspectives; Flexible mixed system solutions; Adequate enforcement; The financial markets crisis and beyond; I. Reforming Legal Capital: Harmonisation or Fragmentation of Creditor Protection?; Abstract; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction: the European path to reforming legal capital requirements to date; 2. Overview 327 $a3. Functions attributed to the legal capital 4. Legal capital: a merely transitional phase or a powerful regulatory tool?; 5. Alternative regimes: a brief overview; 5.1. Traditional mechanisms enhancing creditor protection; 5.2. Creditor protection: alternatives to the Second Directive distribution regime; 5.2.1. Second Directive: balance sheet test; 5.2.2. The High Level Group; 5.2.3. The Rickford proposal; 5.2.4. The Lutter proposal; 5.2.5. The Dutch proposal; 5.3. Initiatives at the European level; 5.3.1. Second Directive to remain unchanged 327 $a5.3.2. Proposal for a Regulation on the Statute for a European Private Company 6. Reasons for such a vigorous legal capital debate?; 7. Should creditor protection be ensured by corporate law?; 8. Alternative protective techniques; 9. Creditor protection: does Europe still want a level playing field?; 10. Concluding remarks: the way forward...; Bibliography; Transcripts of Capital and Creditor Protection Session; A. Abstract; B. Response to paper by Jonathan Rickford; C. Discussion; Didier MARTIN; Henri OLIVIER , University of Lie?ge; Jonathan RICKFORD; Didier MARTIN; Jonathan RICKFORD 327 $aKarel VAN HULLE, K.U.Leuven and European CommissionPhilippe PELLE, European Commission; Jonathan RICKFORD; Marieke WYCKAERT, K.U.Leuven; Didier MARTIN; Jean-Marie NELISSEN GRADE; Marieke WYCKAERT; Jean-Marie NELISSEN GRADE; Jonathan RICKFORD; II. Corporate Governance in a European Perspective; Abstract; Table of contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Growing Interest in Corporate Governance at European Level; 3. General Outline: European Corporate Governance and Ownership Structures; 4. Monitoring by The Market; 5. The Shareholders in the Corporate Governance Debate 327 $a6. Monitoring by an Independent Board of Directors 7. Monitoring by the Legislator; 8. What Should Be on the European Agenda?; Bibliography; Transcripts of Corporate Governance Session; A. Abstract; B. Response to paper by Eddy Wymeersch; C. Discussion; Paul DAVIES; Peter MONTAGNON, Association of British Insurers; Walter VAN GERVEN, K.U.Leuven; Jaap WINTER, University of Amsterdam; Bruno LAFORCE, GIMV NV; Philippe PELLE, European Commission; Klaus J. HOPT, Max Planck Institute; Jose? GARRIDO GARCIA, University of Castilla-La Mancha; Didier MARTIN, Bredin Prat, Paris; Paul DAVIES; Hilde LAGA 327 $aPaul DAVIES 330 $aThe harmonisation of company law has always been on the agenda of the European Union. Besides the protection of third parties affected by business transactions, the founders had two other objectives: first, promoting freedom of establishment, and second, preventing the abuse of such freedom. In fact, the fear of the Netherlands becoming the 'Delaware of Europe'' (in terms of competition among Member States) seemed real, until, ironically, at the beginning of the 21st century, it was the privilege of the Dutch (and the Danish) state to fail in making the abuse argument before the European Court 606 $aCorporation law$zEuropean Union countries 606 $aCorporate governance$zEuropean Union countries 606 $aLaw$zEuropean Union countries$xInternational unification 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCorporation law 615 0$aCorporate governance 615 0$aLaw$xInternational unification. 676 $a346.4066 701 $aGeens$b K$g(Koen)$0278139 701 $aHopt$b Klaus J.$f1940-$0230750 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459848203321 996 $aThe European company law action plan revisited$92238338 997 $aUNINA