{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-economic-interest-grouping-regulations-1989/regulation-12A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-economic-interest-grouping-regulations-1989/regulation-12A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/638",
  "legislation_title": "The European Economic Interest Grouping Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-economic-interest-grouping-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/12A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12A",
  "heading": "Registration under alternative name",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to an EEIG—\n(a) whose official address is outside the United Kingdom, and\n(b) which has an establishment that is registered or is in the process of being registered under regulation 12 above.\n(2) The EEIG may at any time deliver to the registrar a statement specifying a name, other than its grouping name, under which it proposes to carry on business in the United Kingdom.\n(3) A statement under paragraph (2) must contain the following particulars—\n(a) the EEIG’s registered number and name;\n(b) the Member State in which the EEIG’s official address is situated;\n(c) the proposed name; and\n(d) in cases where a duty arises under section 56 of the 2006 Act (as it applies in accordance with regulation 10) to seek comments of a specified government department or other body regarding the proposed name, a statement that such a request has been made and a copy of any response received.\n(3A) An EEIG that has delivered a statement under paragraph (2) may at any time deliver to the registrar a further statement specifying a name, other than its grouping name, under which it proposes to carry on business in the United Kingdom.\n(3B) The statement under paragraph (3A) must contain the particulars specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) of paragraph (3).\n(4) The alternative name for the time being registered under this regulation is treated for all purposes of the law applying in the United Kingdom as the EEIG’s grouping name.\n(5) This does not—\n(a) affect the references in this regulation to the EEIG’s grouping name,\n(b) affect any rights or obligations of the EEIG, or\n(c) render defective any legal proceedings by or against the EEIG.\n(6) Any legal proceedings that might have been continued or commenced against the EEIG by its grouping name, or any name previously registered under this regulation, may be continued or commenced against it by its name for the time being so registered.\n(7) Any reference in this regulation to the “grouping name” of an EEIG is a reference to the name of the EEIG referred to in the contract for its formation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 12A inserted (1.10.2009) by The European Economic Interest Grouping (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2399), regs. 1(2), 16 (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 12A(2)-(3B) substituted for reg. 12A(2)(3) (1.10.2014) by The European Economic Interest Grouping and European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2382), regs. 1, 8"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/638/regulation/12A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:45:41.240935+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."
}