Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Annexes A and C to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings
Date: 2009-10-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU law, financial solvency, judicial cooperation, judicial proceedings, national law

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 22.10.2009 
COM(2009)564 final 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

amending Annexes A and C to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings  

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Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

amending Annexes A and C to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings  

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, 

Having  regard  to  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  1346/2000  of  29  May  2000  on  insolvency 
proceedings (1), and in particular Article 45 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission , 

Whereas: 

(1) 

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(4) 

Annexes A and C to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 list the designations given in the 
national legislation of the Member States to the insolvency proceedings referred to in 
Article  2(a)  of  that  Regulation  and  the  liquidators  referred  to  in  Article  2(b)  of  that 
Regulation respectively. 

On  2  March  2009  Belgium  notified  the  Commission,  pursuant  to  Article  45  of 
Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000, of amendments to the lists set out in Annexes A and C 
to that Regulation. 

The United Kingdom and Ireland are bound by Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000, and, 
by virtue of Article 45 of that Regulation, are therefore taking part in the adoption and 
application of this Regulation. 

In  accordance  with  Articles  1  and  2  of  the  Protocol  on  the  position  of  Denmark, 
annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European 
Community, Denmark does not take part in the adoption of this Regulation and is not 
bound by it or subject to its application. 

(5) 

Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 should therefore be amended accordingly, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 is amended as follows: 

Article 1 

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OJ  L  160,  30.6.2000,  p  1.  Regulation  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  n°  788/2008  (OJ  L  213, 
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1. In Annex A, the designations of insolvency proceedings relating to Belgium are replaced 
by the following: 

" BELGIË/BELGIQUE 

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Het faillissement / La faillite 

Degerechtelijke reorganisatie/ La réorganisation judiciaire 

De collectieve schuldenregeling / Le règlement collectif de dettes  

De vrijwillige vereffening / La liquidation volontaire 

De gerechtelijke vereffening / La liquidation judiciaire 

De voorlopige ontneming van beheer, bepaald in artikel 8 van de faillissementswet / 

Le dessaisissement provisoire, visé à l’article 8 de la loi sur les faillites" 

2.  In  Annex  C,  the  designations  of  liquidators  relating  to  Belgium  are  replaced  by  the 
following: 

" BELGIË/BELGIQUE 

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De curator / Le curateur 

De gedelegeerd rechter / Le juge-délégué 

De schuldbemiddelaar / Le médiateur de dettes 

De vereffenaar / Le liquidateur 

De voorlopige bewindvoerder / L’administrateur provisoire" 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  day  following  that  of  its  publication  in  the 
Official Journal of the European Union. 

Article 2 

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States in 
accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community. 

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Done at Brussels,  

For the Council 
The President 

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