The Gazette 1973

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS European Communities Regulations relating to Additional Categories of Quali- fied Persons mentioned in the Land Act, 1965.

left uncultivated for two years on the ground of freedom of establishment. (3) No. 190/1967 being a Council Directive of 25 July 1967 which grants to agricultural workers who are members of one Member State and who are working in another Member State the right to change their location and transfer their occupation from one place to another. (4) No. 263/1967 being a Council Directive of 24 October 1967 granting the right of freedom of estab- lishment and of the free exercise of occupation in the non-salaried activities of forestry and of exploitation of timber to nationals of Member States who are self- employed in forestry and logging. These Directives are in practice of very limited scope.

The Directives concerned in S.I. 332/1972 relating to the above-mentioned Regulations are the following : (1) No. 1323 being a Council Directive of 2 April 1962 which lays down detailed provision for the attain- ment of freedom of establishment in agriculture in the territory of Member States in respect of those who have been employed as paid agricultural workers in other Member States for a continuous period of two years. (2) No. 1326 being a Council Directive of 2 April 1962 which abolishes restrictions on rights of nationals of any Member State to acquire farms in respect of agricultural holdings which have been abandoned or

COMPANIES and EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ACT 1972

The article at p. 1076 of The New Law Journal, 'Company Law in the Common Market', by James Fen- ton, F.C.I., solicitor, the first in a series dealing with s.9, European Communities Act 1972, mentioned that harmonisation of the law is brought about by the issue of a Directive under Article 54 of the E.E.C. Treaty. The

only Directive so far adopted by Member States is Directive 151/1968 (adopted 9 March 1968). The precedent below paraphrases the contents of EEC Directive 151/1968 and gives the corresponding U.K. statutory provisions.

E.E.C. DI RECT IVE 151 OF 1968

DI RECT I VE

U.K. S TATUTES

Number of Article

Substance

Companies Act 1968

European Communities Act 1972

Publicity must be given to the following matters : (a) Memorandum and Articles and altera- tions. (b) Particulars relating to Directors: names dates of appointment and termination and whether they can act singly or only as a board (c) Annual final accounts, issued capital and auditors (d) Changes in the registered office (e) The start and end of a winding up, appointment of liquidator and striking of company's name from register

ss.5(7), 8, 10, 12, s.l43(l) and (4) requires, inter alia, the filing of resolutions making changes s.200(2) and (4) Regulation 102 of Table A (Sched. I) ss.124, 127(1), 149, 156(1) and paragraph 2 of Schedule VI II s.107(2) SS .143(1) a nd (4)(e), 230, 240(a), 274(2), 290(3) and (4), 300(3) and (4) s.353 Rule 42 — Companies (Winding-up) Rules 1949

ss.9)3), (5) and (6)

sub.s.9(3) sub.s.9(l)

sub.s.9(3)

sub.s.9(3)

sub.s.9(3)

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