4Council Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001 of 8 Oct. 2001 on the Statute for a European Company (SE) , O.J. 2001, L 294/1 ( "SE Regulation" ).
5Council Directive 2001/86/EC of 8 Oct. 2001, supplementing the Statute for a European company with regard to the involvement of employees, O.J. 2001 , L 294/22 ( "SE Directive" ).
6Directive 2006/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 amending Council Directive 77/91/ EEC, as regards the formation of the public limited liability companies and the maintenance and alteration of their capital.
7Modernizing Company Law and Enhancing Corporate Governance in the European Union : A Plan to Move Forward( Brussels, 21 May 2003), COM(2003)284 final,20-21.
8Commission of the European Communities, "Proposal for a Council Regulati.on on the Statute for a European Private Company", Brussels, COM ( 2008 ) 396/3. Retrievable from : www. ec. euorpa, eu/internal_market/company/docs/epc/proposal_en, pdf.
9Preamble, Recital 20. Directive 90/434/EEC on the common system of taxation applicable to mergers, divi- sions, transfer of assets and exchanges of shares eoncerning eompanies of different Member States must be amended as to include the SE.
10Carla Travares Da Costa & Alexandra de Meester Bilreiro. The European Company Statute [ M ]. Kluwer Law International, 2003. 1.
