# The European Economic Interest Grouping (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018, Regulation 33

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

For Article 1 substitute—
“Article 1
1 A European Economic Interest Grouping registered in the United Kingdom immediately before IP completion day—
(a) is, on IP completion day, converted into a UK Economic Interest Grouping; and
(b) accordingly, on and after IP completion day, is to be known by that name (see Article 5).
2 A UK Economic Interest Grouping—
(a) is a body corporate and continues to be registered as such;
(b) is, on and after IP completion day, deemed to be formed upon the terms, in the manner and with the effects laid down in this Regulation in relation to such groupings;
(c) has the capacity, in its own name, to have rights and obligations of all kinds, to make contracts or accomplish other legal acts, and to sue and be sued.
3 Paragraph 1 does not apply to an outgoing grouping (as to which, see regulation 9 of the EEIG Regulations).
4 In paragraph 3, an “outgoing grouping” means a European Economic Interest Grouping—
(a) which, immediately before IP completion day, is registered in a Member State pursuant to a transfer of its official address from the United Kingdom to that Member State in accordance with Article 14; but
(b) whose registration in the United Kingdom has not been terminated before IP completion day.
5 In paragraph 4(a), the reference to Article 14 is a reference to Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2137/85 of 25 July 1985 on the European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) as it applied in the European Union immediately before IP completion day.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1299/regulation/33 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/european-economic-interest-grouping-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2018/regulation-33
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