# The European Economic Interest Grouping Regulations 1989, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1985 Act” means the Companies Act 1985;
“the 2006 Act” means the Companies Act 2006;
“the Companies Acts” has the meaning given by section 2 of the 2006 Act;
“the contract” means the contract for the formation of a UKEIG or an EEIG, as the case may be;
“the EC Regulation” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2137/85 on the European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG);
“EEIG” means a European Economic Interest Grouping, being a grouping—
(a)formed in pursuance of Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2137/85 of 25 July 1985 on the European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) as it applies in the European Union and as amended from time to time ; and
(b)registered in a Member State;
“EEIG establishment” means an establishment of an EEIG where the establishment is registered in the United Kingdom;
“officer”, in relation to a UKEIG or an EEIG, includes a manager, or any other person provided for in the contract as an organ of the UKEIG or the EEIG, as the case may be;
“the registrar” has the same meaning as in the Companies Acts (see section 1060 of the 2006 Act);
“UKEIG” means a UK Economic Interest Grouping;
and other expressions used in these Regulations and defined for the purposes of the Companies Acts or in relation to insolvency and winding up by the Insolvency Act 1986 or, as regards Northern Ireland, by the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 have the meanings assigned to them by those provisions as if any reference to a company in any such definition were a reference to a UKEIG or an EEIG, as the case may be.
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(3) In these Regulations, “certified translation” means a translation certified to be a correct translation—
(a) if the translation was made in the United Kingdom, by
(i) a notary public in any part of the United Kingdom;
(ii) a solicitor (if the translation was made in Scotland), a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature of England and Wales (if it was made in England or Wales), or a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland (if it was made in Northern Ireland); or
(iii) a person certified by a person mentioned above to be known to him to be competent to translate the document into English; or
(b) if the translation was made outside the United Kingdom, by—
(i) a notary public;
(ii) a person authorised in the place where the translation was made to administer an oath;
(iii) any of the British officials mentioned in section 6 of the Commissioners for Oaths Act 1889;
(iv) a person certified by a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph to be known to him to be competent to translate the document into English.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/638/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/european-economic-interest-grouping-regulations-1989/regulation-2
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