{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2244/annex/division-5/division-5.5",
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  "legislation": "eur/2020/2244",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2244 of 17 December 2020 laying down rules for the application of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards technical specifications and procedures for the system of interconnection of registers and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/884 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2244",
  "path": "annex/division/5/division/5.5",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5.5",
  "heading": "Cross-border merger notification",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Annex, the exchange of information between registers as referred to in Article 130 of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 shall be referred to as ‘cross-border merger notification’. For each cross-border merger notification referred to in Article 130 of Directive (EU) 2017/1132, Member States shall exchange the following data:\nCardinality 0 means that the data is optional. Cardinality 1 means that the data is mandatory. Cardinality 0…n or 1…n means that more than one piece of the same type of data may be provided.\nData type\nDescription\nCardinality\nAdditional description\nIssuance Date Time\nDate and time when the notification was sent\n1\nDate and Time\nIssuing Organisation\nOrganisation that issued this notification\n1\nParty data structure\nRecipient Organisation\nOrganisation this notification is addressed to\n1\nParty data structure\nLegislation Reference\nReference to relevant national or Union legislation\n0…n\nText\nMerger-related data\n1\nGroup of Elements\nEffective Date\nDate when the merger became effective\n1\nDate\nMerger Type\nType of merger as defined by Article 119(2) of Directive (EU) 2017/1132\n1\nCode\n(Cross-border merger by acquisition\nCross-border merger by formation of new company\nCross-border merger of wholly owned company)\nResulting company\n1\nGroup of Elements\nEUID\nUnique identifier of the company resulting from the merger\n1\nIdentifier\nSee section 8 of this Annex for structure of the EUID\nAlternate IDs\nOther identifiers\n0…n\nIdentifier\nLegal form\nType of legal form\n1\nCode\nAs referred to in Annex II to Directive (EU) 2017/1132\nName\nName of the company resulting from the merger\n1\nText\nRegistered Office\nRegistered office of the company resulting from the merger\n1\nText\nRegister Name\nName of the register where the company resulting from the merger was registered\n1\nText\nMerging Company\n1…n\nGroup of Elements\nEUID\nUnique identifier of the company being merged\n1\nIdentifier\nSee section 8 of this Annex for structure of the EUID\nAlternate IDs\nOther identifiers\n0…n\nIdentifier\nLegal Form\nType of legal form\n1\nCode\nAs referred to in Annex II to Directive (EU) 2017/1132\nName\nName of the company taking part in the merger\n1\nText\nRegistered Office\nRegistered office of the company taking part in the merger\n0…1\nText\nRegister Name\nRegister where the merging company was registered\n1\nText\nThe notification message may also include technical data necessary for the proper transmission of the message.\nThe exchange of information shall also include technical messages necessary for the acknowledgement of receipt, logging and reporting purposes.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Cardinality 0 means that the data is optional. Cardinality 1 means that the data is mandatory. Cardinality 0…n or 1…n means that more than one piece of the same type of data may be provided."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/2244/annex/division/5/division/5.5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:09.835601+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."
}