{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-economic-interest-grouping-regulations-1989/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-economic-interest-grouping-regulations-1989/regulation-6.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/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Cessation of membership (Article 28(1) of the EC Regulation)",
  "text": "For the purposes of national law on liquidation, winding up, insolvency or cessation of payments, a member of a UKEIG registered under these Regulations shall cease to be a member if—\n(a) in the case of an individual—\n(i) a bankruptcy order has been made against him in England and Wales or Northern Ireland; or\n(ii) sequestration of his estate has been awarded by the court in Scotland under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985;\n(b) in the case of a partnership—\n(i) a winding up order has been made against the partnership in England and Wales or Northern Ireland;\n(ii) a bankruptcy order has been made against each of the partnership’s members in England and Wales on a bankruptcy petition presented under Article 11(1) of the Insolvent Partnerships Order 1994;\n(iia) a bankruptcy order has been made against each of the partnership’s members in Northern Ireland on a bankruptcy petition presented under Article 11(1) of the Insolvent Partnerships Order (Northern Ireland) 1995; or\n(iii) sequestration of the estate of the partnership has been awarded by the court in Scotland under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985;\n(c) in the case of a company, the company goes into liquidation in the United Kingdom; or\n(d) in the case of any legal person or partnership, it is otherwise wound up or otherwise ceases to exist after the conclusion of winding up or insolvency.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6 substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Economic Interest Grouping (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1299), regs. 1, 6; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(a)(i) inserted (1.10.2009) by The European Economic Interest Grouping (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2399), regs. 1(2), 9(2) (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(b)(i) inserted (1.10.2009) by The European Economic Interest Grouping (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2399), regs. 1(2), 9(3)(a) (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 6(b)(ii)(iia) substituted for reg. 6(b)(ii) (1.10.2009) by The European Economic Interest Grouping (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2399), regs. 1(2), 9(3)(b) (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(c) substituted (1.10.2009) by The European Economic Interest Grouping (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2399), regs. 1(2), 9(4) (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 in force at 1.7.1989, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 66."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/638/regulation/6",
    "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."
}