# 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), Article 13a: Definitions

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

For the purposes of this Chapter:
(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
(2) ‘ electronic identification scheme ’ means an electronic identification scheme as defined in point (4) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014;
(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;
(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;
(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;
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2017/1132/article/13a (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2017-1132/article-13a
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