EU Law and the Harmonization of Takeovers in the Internal Market

ISBN: 9789041133403 出版年：2010 页码：282 Papadopoulos, Thomas Gr Kluwer Law International

Foreword. Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. The Fundamental Freedom of Establishment of Companies. 2. Legal Bases for the Harmonization of Company Law and Capital Markets Law on EU Level. 3. Aspects of EU Company Law Harmonization. 4. The Permissible Limits of Harmonization: Subsidiarity Issues. 5. Weaknesses and Difficulties in Harmonization Efforts in the Field of EU Company Law. 6. Establishing an Internal Market for Companies: Market Integration in the Area of EU Company Law. 7. The Relationship between the Treaty Provisions on Freedom of Establishment of Companies and Takeover Bids. 8. The Significance of the Corporate Mobility Case Law for the Takeover Process. 9. The EU Takeover Bid Directive: An EU Company Law Instrument with Strong Links to EU Capital Markets Law. 10. Market in Corporate Control: Essential Definitions. 11. An Overview of the Takeover Bid Directive in the Context of the Internal Market. 12. Direct Effect of the Fundamental Freedoms in EU Law. 13. Horizontality after Viking and Mangold. 14. The Extent to which Conduct of the Board and Articles in the Corporate Constitution Might Be Said to Constitute Restrictions on the Freedom of Establishment and on the Free Movement of Capital. 15. Conclusion. Bibliography. Appendix: Directive 2004/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on Takeover Bids (Text with EEA relevance).