https://legal.excellentwiki.com/eu/corporate-law/ Recent content in corporate law on ExcellentWiki - Legal Encyclopedia Hugo en-US Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://legal.excellentwiki.com/eu/corporate-law/eu-corporate-law/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://legal.excellentwiki.com/eu/corporate-law/eu-corporate-law/ <h2 id="the-harmonisation-of-company-law">The Harmonisation of Company Law</h2> <p>European Union corporate law is primarily a project of legislative harmonisation through directives, which must be transposed into the national law of each member state. The legal basis for harmonisation is Article 50(2)(g) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which authorises the coordination of safeguards required of companies for the protection of members and others. The First Company Law Directive, originally 68/151/EEC and now codified in Directive 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council, required member states to ensure minimum disclosure of company information, including the filing of constitutional documents, financial statements, and particulars of directors, and established the validity of obligations entered into by company organs and the grounds for nullity of companies. Directive 2017/1132 has been progressively amended and now represents the core codification of EU company law, encompassing provisions on disclosure, capital maintenance, branches, and cross-border conversions, mergers, and divisions.</p>