# Directive 2009/102/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 in the area of company law on single-member private limited liability companies (codified version) (Text with EEA relevance), Article 2

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. A company may have a sole member when it is formed and also when all its shares come to be held by a single person (single-member company).
2. Member States may, pending coordination of national laws relating to groups, lay down special provisions or penalties for cases where:
(a) a natural person is the sole member of several companies; or
(b) a single-member company or any other legal person is the sole member of a company.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/102/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-102/article-2
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