# Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European company (SE), Article 9

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

1. A UK Societas shall be governed:
(a) by this Regulation,
(b) where expressly authorised by this Regulation, by the provisions of its statutes
or
(c) in the case of matters not regulated by this Regulation or, where matters are partly regulated by it, of those aspects not covered by it, by:
(i)the 2004 Regulations, (for England and Wales and for Scotland) the 2009 Employee Involvement (GB) Regulations, or (for Northern Ireland) the 2009 Employee Involvement (NI) Regulations;
(ii) any enactment or rule of law which would apply to a public limited-liability company ...;
(iii)the provisions of its statutes, in the same way as for a public limited-liability company ....
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3. If the nature of the business carried out by a UK Societas is regulated by specific provisions of enactments or rules of law, they shall apply in full to the UK Societas.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2001/2157/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-2157/article-9
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