Directive 2009/109/EC

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Article 5 Article 6 Article 7 Article 8

Article 5, Review #art_5

Five years after the date laid down in Article 6(1), the Commission shall review the functioning of those provisions of Directives 77/91/EEC, 78/855/EEC, 82/891/EEC and 2005/56/EC which are amended or added by this Directive, and in particular their effects on the reduction of administrative burdens on companies, in the light of experience acquired in their application, and shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council, accompanied if necessary by proposals for further amendments of those directives.

Article 6, Transposition #art_6

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 June 2011. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.

When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 7, Entry into force #art_7

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 8, Addressees #art_8

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

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as of	2017-07-20 → this publisher state was selected
publisher state	publisher version 2017-07-20 → latest held publisher-asserted
type	DIR Directive 2009/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 amending Council Directives 77/91/EEC, 78/855/EEC and 82/891/EEC, and Directive 2005/56/EC as regards reporting and documentation requirements in the case of mergers and divisions
language	en
published	2017-07-20
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