Regulation 2

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

• “the 1985 Act” means the Companies Act 1985^f1;

• “the EC Regulation” means Council Regulation 2157/2001/EC^f2 of 8th October 2001 on the Statute for a European company;

• “the principal Regulations” means the European Public Limited-Liability Company Regulations 2004^f3;

• “public company” means a public company as defined in section 744 of the 1985 Act^f4;

• “the registrar” means the registrar of companies as defined in section 744 of the 1985 Act;

• “the relevant Community obligations” means the Community obligations of the United Kingdom set out in Articles 2, 3, 8 and 66 of the EC Regulation;

• “SE” means a European public limited-liability company formed in pursuance of Article 1 of the EC Regulation.