Resources (44)
  • Transformation into a European Company (SE)
Are employee participation rights under pressure? Trends at national and EU level.

ETUI Policy Brief.

Author(s):
Aline Conchon
Organisation(s):
ETUI
Type:
PDF
  • Category:
    Research
  • Language(s):
    English
  • Access:
    Public
  • Year:
    2012
  • Transformation into a European Company (SE)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on SE WCs

Workers Participation Website. 

Organisation(s):
ETUI
Type:
Website
  • Category:
    Research
  • Language(s):
    English
  • Access:
    Public
  • Transformation into a European Company (SE)
European Company (SE) facts and figures (2014)

ETUI, Brussels.

Organisation(s):
ETUI
Type:
Website
  • Category:
    Research
  • Language(s):
    English
  • Access:
    Public
  • Year:
    2014
  • Transformation into a European Company (SE)
SE Companies in 2017. Workers' Participation Europe Network, ETUI
Author(s):
Anders Carslon
  • Category:
    Research
  • Language(s):
    English
  • Year:
    2017
  • Transformation into a European Company (SE)
Fakten zur Europäischen Aktiengesellschaft. Stand: 31.12.2021. Hans Böckler Stiftung
Author(s):
Sophie Rosenblohm / Sebastian Sick
Type:
PDF
  • Category:
    Facts and data
  • Language(s):
    German
  • Access:
    Public
  • Year:
    2021
  • Transformation into a European Company (SE)
Legal expert report on the topic that provides a comprehensive overview of the issue across EU Member States
Type:
Website
  • Category:
    Legal
  • Language(s):
    English
  • Access:
    Public
  • Transformation into a European Company (SE)
Communication of the EU Commission
Organisation(s):
European Comission
Type:
Website
  • Category:
    Legal
  • Language(s):
    English
  • Access:
    Public
  • Year:
    2009
  • Transformation into a European Company (SE)
The SE Directive only safeguards co-determination to the extent that it exists at the time of the SE's registration and does not provide for any adjustments thereafter (“before and after principle”)

In particular in Germany, more and more companies are utilising this "loophole" and transforming themselves into an SE.

  • Category:
    Legal
  • Language(s):
    English
  • Transformation into a European Company (SE)
The transformation of a company governed by national law into a European company (SE) must not reduce the participation of trade unions in the composition of the Supervisory Board
Organisation(s):
CJEU
Type:
PDF
  • Category:
    Legal
  • Language(s):
    English
  • Access:
    Public
  • Year:
    2022
  • Transformation into a European Company (SE)
Basic information on the SE legal form and related procedures and employer obligations on the EU Website “Setting up a European Company (SE)”
Type:
Website
  • Category:
    Legal
  • Language(s):
    English
  • Access:
    Public

This guide has been made possible by the European Worker Participation Fund, located within the ETUI. The content was developed by wmp consult and Syndex Europe in close collaboration with the European Trade Union Federations EFBWW, EFFAT, EPSU, ETF, industriAll Europe and UNI Europa as well as the ETUC and the ETUI.

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