{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-public-limited-liability-company-regulations-2004/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-public-limited-liability-company-regulations-2004/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2326",
  "legislation_title": "The European Public Limited-Liability Company Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-public-limited-liability-company-regulations-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES\nMade 6th September 2004\nLaid before Parliament 13th September 2004\nComing into force 8th October 2004\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the registration, operation and regulation of European public limited liability companies, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 2(2) of that Act and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/2901."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68; as amended by the European Economic Area Act 1989 (c. 40)."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Instrument extended (1.10.2009) by Companies Act 2006 (c. 46), ss. 1285(1), 1300(2); S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(z) (with arts. 7, 8, Sch. 2 para. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Regulations applied (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. 13 (as amended by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), reg. 108 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Regulations applied and modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Arts. AA1, AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2326/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:19:03.778295+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."
}