ACADEMIA CONFERENCE
CURRENT ISSUES OF CROSS-BORDER ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPANIES IN THE
EUROPEAN UNION
On Friday 23 September 1994 a conference will be held on 'Current
Issues of Cross-Border Establishment of Companies in the European
Union'.
The legal landscape for companies planning to expand or move their
business to other EU Member States by means of a secondary
establishment, merger, joint venture, transfer of their central
management and control or other techniques, is continuously changing.
This conference focuses on a number of current developments at the
European and national level which are of direct interest to such
companies.
Issues dealt with will include: companies' rights under the EC Treaty
to participate in privatisation schemes in other Member States;
current national (especially German and Dutch) developments concerning
the recognition of foreign companies and the law applicable to them;
corporate law aspects of cross-border mergers (the Third and proposed
Tenth Directive on company law); the impact of the Merger Directive
of 23 July 1990 on the tax treatment of cross-border mergers and joint
ventures; problems of cross-border financial distress, bankruptcy and
insolvency of companies; the recent case-law of the EC Court of
Justice on fiscal barriers to cross-border establishment; and recent
developments of company law in the Nordic EEA-countries with a view
to facilitating companies' establishment in these countries.
The conference is organized by METRO, in close cooperation with the
International Affairs Office of the Law Faculty of the University of
Limburg.
After the conference a book containing the conference proceedings will
be published in the Ius Commune Book Series by MAKLU/ NOMOS in
cooperation with Blackstone, Bruylant and Schulthess.
The conference is a Curriculum Development Meeting sponsored by the
European Erasmus Programma. The conference programme was prepared by
Mrs. Hildegard Schneider and Mr. Jan Wouters
PROGRAMME:
Morning
Chairperson:
Dr. H.J. de Kluiver, Senior Lecturer, University of Limburg
9.00 Registration and coffee
9.30 Companies' Right of Establishment under the EC Treaty seen
in the Perspective of Privatisation of Public Undertakings
Prof.Dr. W. van Gerven, Advocate-General at the EC Court of
Justice and Professor at the Universities of Leuven and
Limburg
10.15 Recognition of Foreign Companies in 'Siege Reel' Countries:
A German Perspective
Prof.Dr. W.-H. Roth, Professor at the University of Bonn
11.00 Coffee/Tea break
11.15 Recognition of Foreign Companies in 'Incorporation'
Countries: A Dutch Perspective
Dr. S. Rammeloo, Lecturer, University of Limburg
12.00 The EC Court of Justice's Case-Law on Fiscal Barriers to
Companies' Cross-Border Establishment
Mr. J. Wouters, Legal Secretary at the EC Court of Justice
and Lecturer at the University of Limburg
12.45 Lunch
Afternoon
Chairperson:
Prof.Mr. C.A. Schwarz, Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University
of Limburg
14.15 Corporate Law Aspects of Cross-Border Mergers
Dr. G. Van Solinge, De Brauw, Blackstone, Westbroeck,
Amsterdam
15.00 The Impact of the Merger Directive on Cross-Border Mergers
and Joint Ventures
Prof.Dr. A.H.M. Daniels, Professor at the University of
Limburg and tax partner at Caron & Stevens/Baker & McKenzie,
Amsterdam
15.45 Coffee/Tea break
16.00 International Financial Distress, Bankruptcy and Insolvency
Problems of Companies
Prof.Dr. A. McGee, University of Lancaster
16.45 European Company Law in the Nordic EEA-countries
Docent.Dr. K. Moberg, University of Lund
17.30 Reception offered by the University of Limburg
Practical Information
Date:
Friday 23 September 1994
Location:
"Statenzaal", Bouillonstraat 3, Maastricht, of
the University of Limburg
Conference fee:
The fee for participation in the conference is NLG 85. The conference
fee covers the costs of one lunch, coffee breaks and documentation.
The fee including the conference dinner is NLG 185.
Registration:
Complete and return the attached registration form before
2 September 1994
Hotel reservation:
Those who wish to have hotel reservations arranged by METRO can ask
the conference secretariat for assistance.
All further information can be obtained from the secretariat of METRO:
METRO
University of Limburg
P.O. Box 616
6200 MD MAASTRICHT
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel: 00 - 31 - 43 - 883060
Fax: 00 - 31 - 43 - 259091
E-mail: Petra.Vranken@facburfdr.rulimburg.nl
REGISTRATION FORM (to be returned before 2 september 1994)
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will participate in the conference "Current Issues of Cross-Border
Establishment of Companies in the European Union" on 23 September 1994
and will pay the amount of:
O NLG 85 (without conference dinner)
O NLG 185 (with conference dinner)
on account number 10.22.880 of the Dutch Postbank in the name of the
University of Limburg, stating 'account number 339.124'
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