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Relocation of the Registered Office of a Company with a Focus on the Relocation of the Head Office of a European Company
Maršíčková, Linda ; Brodec, Jan (advisor) ; Dobiáš, Petr (referee)
Main purpose of this thesis is an assessment of the possibility of companies to transfer their seat from several points of view. It is distinguished between situations of companies with regard to the relocation of head office contrary to the relocation of registered office. At first, the migration issue is analyzed in general, then from the perspective of EU law. Due to insufficiently resolved scope of the freedom of establishment, especially with respect to the transfer of registered office, the thesis focuses on the European Company. For the time being, it can be considered as the most advanced result of the common effort of EU member states to achieve a supranational company form. It was not a random choice to dedicate part of this thesis to the European Company since the possibility to move its registered office freely across the EU is one of the main attributes granted to the European Company form. The analysis of relocation process, including consideration of potential difficulties results in comparison with actual opportunities of "national"companies in this respect. With regard to the structure of thesis it is divided into four parts and a separate conlusion. First part deals with the matter of the EU common market, with an emphasis on each of four freedoms. Especially the primary and...
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Companies in Private International Law with a Special Focus on the Relocation of the Seat of a Company within the European Union
Čuboňová, Jitka ; Pauknerová, Monika (advisor) ; Brodec, Jan (referee)
The purpose of my thesis is to analyse the current legal situation, both from the Czech and European legislation point of view, concerning the transfer of the seat of a company within the area of the European Union. As evident from the title, the paper focuses on the topic from the European perspective primarily and the issue of the relocation of the seat from, or into, a non-member state is not dealt with in details. The thesis consists of four chapters. The first one introduces a necessary terminology connected with the relocation of the company's seat. Firstly the terms "personal status" on the one hand and "nationality" of the company on the other hand are compared. Then the incorporation theory and the real seat theory are briefly outlined, as well as the conflict that may arise between these doctrines. The second chapter relates to the relevant Czech legislation in this matter which is currently in force. The chapter is divided into three subchapters. The first one concerns the analysis of the important topic related paragraphs of the International Private Substantive and Procedural Law Act, the second one aims at interpreting the substantial provisions of the Commercial Code, finally the Conversion of the Companies and Cooperatives Act is reviewed with the special focus on the recent...
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Relocating registered office of a business corporation within the European Union
Jirková, Pavla ; Kunertová, Tereza (advisor) ; Svobodová, Magdaléna (referee)
The idea of internal market is one of the basic concepts of the European integration. The internal market of the European Union is a single market in which the free movement of goods, services, capital and persons is ensured. This thesis focuses on the free movements of legal persons in the European Union, namely freedom of establishment and the possibility of cross-border transfer of a company's registered office. This business focused freedom is regulated mainly by primary law in Articles 49 a 54 TFEU and its main objective is to enable the exercise of economic activities even in the territory of other Member States. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the regulation and development of case law regarding freedom of establishment of companies and give their comprehensive analysis. Furthermore, the thesis points out the fact that the choice of company's seat and its change is often associated with advantageous conditions laid down by national legislation. Companies often choose countries which have minimum requirements for their establishment and existence. States are aware of this behavior. Consequently, some of them reduce their legal standards and try to attract companies into their territory. This may cause the battle of jurisdictions. The thesis consists of the initial and final part and...
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Companies in private international law
Saláková, Terezie ; Pauknerová, Monika (advisor) ; Brodec, Jan (referee)
Companies in private international law The topic of this diploma thesis includes questions related to companies in private international law. The thesis deals especially with changes of the Czech law evoked by the recent recodification of the private law in the Czech Republic. The purpose of the thesis is, first of all, to introduce the current form of this part of the law, to sum up and analyse ideas published in expert sources, and also to add own views concerning the topic. Following methods were primarily used: analysis, synthesis, description and comparison. The thesis, besides general Introduction and Conclusion, includes seven individual chapters which create coherent total. Chapter One explains basic terms used in the thesis. The following chapter defines the term personal statute of legal person and introduces two basic principles of its determination - the incorporation principle and the seat principle. The third chapter continues with detailed description of the position of the incorporation principle in the Czech law, including the questions related. Chapter Four defines foreign legal persons and gives the reasons why the registered seat of the legal person is relevant for determination of such a person. Chapter Five focuses on the basis of the fact that a legal person with the seat...
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Personal Status of Companies in Private International Law
Saláková, Terezie ; Pauknerová, Monika (advisor) ; Brodec, Jan (referee)
Personal Status of Companies in Private International Law Abstract The main topic of my thesis is personal status of companies in private international law. The thesis is composed of Introduction and Conclusion, and three parts. Each part includes a different attitude to the topic, uses a different method, and has a different aim. The first part, subdivided into three chapters, introduces comments found in expert sources which deal with the term personal status of companies as the legal order determining questions connected with the company. The next passage concentrates upon two basic principles of determining the personal status - the incorporation principle and the seat principle, where for each of these two principles applied connecting factors and the characteristics of the particular principle are described. The last chapter of Part 1 presents current legislative regulation of personal status of companies in the Czech law, and prepared steps made on the EU level. The purpose of this chapter is primarily to establish theoretical basis for both following parts. In the second part I have tried to determine the range of the personal status of a company as far as acting for the company is concerned, in relation to the Czech legal regulation - both conflict and material legislation. In this context, at...
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Relocating registered office of a business corporation within the European Union
Jirková, Pavla ; Kunertová, Tereza (advisor) ; Svobodová, Magdaléna (referee)
The idea of internal market is one of the basic concepts of the European integration. The internal market of the European Union is a single market in which the free movement of goods, services, capital and persons is ensured. This thesis focuses on the free movements of legal persons in the European Union, namely freedom of establishment and the possibility of cross-border transfer of a company's registered office. This business focused freedom is regulated mainly by primary law in Articles 49 a 54 TFEU and its main objective is to enable the exercise of economic activities even in the territory of other Member States. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the regulation and development of case law regarding freedom of establishment of companies and give their comprehensive analysis. Furthermore, the thesis points out the fact that the choice of company's seat and its change is often associated with advantageous conditions laid down by national legislation. Companies often choose countries which have minimum requirements for their establishment and existence. States are aware of this behavior. Consequently, some of them reduce their legal standards and try to attract companies into their territory. This may cause the battle of jurisdictions. The thesis consists of the initial and final part and...
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Companies in private international law
Saláková, Terezie ; Pauknerová, Monika (advisor) ; Brodec, Jan (referee)
Companies in private international law The topic of this diploma thesis includes questions related to companies in private international law. The thesis deals especially with changes of the Czech law evoked by the recent recodification of the private law in the Czech Republic. The purpose of the thesis is, first of all, to introduce the current form of this part of the law, to sum up and analyse ideas published in expert sources, and also to add own views concerning the topic. Following methods were primarily used: analysis, synthesis, description and comparison. The thesis, besides general Introduction and Conclusion, includes seven individual chapters which create coherent total. Chapter One explains basic terms used in the thesis. The following chapter defines the term personal statute of legal person and introduces two basic principles of its determination - the incorporation principle and the seat principle. The third chapter continues with detailed description of the position of the incorporation principle in the Czech law, including the questions related. Chapter Four defines foreign legal persons and gives the reasons why the registered seat of the legal person is relevant for determination of such a person. Chapter Five focuses on the basis of the fact that a legal person with the seat...
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New forms of cross-border transformation after the big amendment of the Transformation Act
Janíček, Marcel ; Čech, Petr (advisor) ; Eichlerová, Kateřina (referee)
The thesis deals with the new forms of cross-border transformation after the big amendment of the Transformation Act, which came to effect on 1 January 2012. The particular new options in the area of the cross-border transformations are analyzed in connection with the relevant case law of Court of Justice. The thesis follows the scheme of the Act, therefore the first chapter deals with general issues of cross-border transformations. This chapter identifies the conception of the cross-border transformation and then the categories of the entities which can participate in cross-border transformation. Then I deal with the various types of cross-border transformations. The first transformation analyzed is the cross-border merger. In addition to another the question of cross-border merger exclusively of Czech companies to foreign company is addressed in this chapter The next chapter deals with cross-border division. The special attention is paid to the possibilities of the cross-border division of societas europaea. The third chapter deals with the cross-border transfer of assets. Although even before the amendment the foreign person was allowed to take the assets of Czech company, Transformation Act now regulates this transformation much more in detail, including variation of the transfer of assets of a...
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Companies and their mobility in the European context
Belloňová, Pavla ; Pauknerová, Monika (advisor) ; Brodec, Jan (referee) ; Poláček, Bohumil (referee)
With regard to the gradual economic globalisation markets of States become more and more interconnected, especially so in the European Union which aims to create a single internal market without internal borders and barriers to the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital. Naturally, it influences behaviour of economic participants on the market. With increase of competition it is necessary to be more innovative, active and to search for new opportunities for expansion not only in one's own State but also abroad which entails entering into relations with foreign entities. In the course of time it might be useful or even necessary to relocate the place of business. Such need might not and, indeed, does not concern only natural person but also legal entities such as companies. However, the status of companies in cross-border relations has some specific features in comparison to the status of natural persons. A company is only an artificial product of law, a mere legal fiction, and therefore, its existence is much more closely linked with a specific legal order. A company has legal personality only insofar as some legal order acknowledges it. Different approaches how to link a company to a certain State have been evolved in different States - either the connecting factor is the statutory...
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Companies in Private International Law with a Special Focus on the Relocation of the Seat of a Company within the European Union
Čuboňová, Jitka ; Pauknerová, Monika (advisor) ; Brodec, Jan (referee)
The purpose of my thesis is to analyse the current legal situation, both from the Czech and European legislation point of view, concerning the transfer of the seat of a company within the area of the European Union. As evident from the title, the paper focuses on the topic from the European perspective primarily and the issue of the relocation of the seat from, or into, a non-member state is not dealt with in details. The thesis consists of four chapters. The first one introduces a necessary terminology connected with the relocation of the company's seat. Firstly the terms "personal status" on the one hand and "nationality" of the company on the other hand are compared. Then the incorporation theory and the real seat theory are briefly outlined, as well as the conflict that may arise between these doctrines. The second chapter relates to the relevant Czech legislation in this matter which is currently in force. The chapter is divided into three subchapters. The first one concerns the analysis of the important topic related paragraphs of the International Private Substantive and Procedural Law Act, the second one aims at interpreting the substantial provisions of the Commercial Code, finally the Conversion of the Companies and Cooperatives Act is reviewed with the special focus on the recent...
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