{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2017-1132/article-13a",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2017/1132",
  "legislation_title": "Directive (EU) 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 relating to certain aspects of company law (codification) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2017-1132",
  "path": "article/13a",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13a",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Chapter:\n(1) ‘electronic identification means’ means an electronic identification means as defined in point (2) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council\n(2) ‘ electronic identification scheme ’ means an electronic identification scheme as defined in point (4) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014;\n(3) ‘ electronic means ’ means electronic equipment used for the processing, including digital compression, and the storage of data, and through which information is initially sent and received at its destination; that information being entirely transmitted, conveyed and received in a manner to be determined by Member States;\n(4) ‘ formation ’ means the whole process of establishing a company in accordance with national law, including the drawing up of the company’s instrument of constitution and all the necessary steps for the entry of the company in the register;\n(5) ‘ registration of a branch ’ means a process leading to disclosure of documents and information relating to a branch newly opened in a Member State;\n(6) ‘ template ’ means a model for the instrument of constitution of a company which is drawn up by Member States in compliance with national law and is used for the online formation of a company in accordance with Article 13g.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Directive (EU) 2019/1151 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 amending Directive (EU) 2017/1132 as regards the use of digital tools and processes in company law (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC ( OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 73 )."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2017/1132/article/13a",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:32.484711+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}