Directive (EU) 2017/1132 Article 34

Information on the opening and termination of winding-up or insolvency proceedings and on striking-off of the company from the register

Article 34

1. Article 20 shall apply to the register of the company and to the register of the branch respectively. 2. Member States shall determine the procedure to be followed upon receipt of the information referred to in Article 20(1) and (2). Such procedure shall ensure that, where a company has been dissolved or otherwise struck off the register, its branches are likewise struck off the register without undue delay. 3. The second sentence of paragraph 2 shall not apply to branches of companies that have been struck off the register as a consequence of any change in the legal form of the company concerned, a merger or division, or a cross-border transfer of its registered office.

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