CELEX: 52016PC0317
Language: en
Date: 2016-05-30
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL replacing the lists of insolvency proceedings and insolvency practitioners in Annexes A and B to Regulation (EU) 2015/848 on insolvency proceedings

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
            Brussels, 30.5.2016
            COM(2016) 317 final
            2016/0159(COD)
            Proposal for a
            REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
            replacing the lists of insolvency proceedings and insolvency practitioners in Annexes A and B to Regulation (EU) 2015/848 on insolvency proceedings 
            
               
         
         
            
               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
            
            
               1.CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL
            
            
               •Reasons for and objectives of the proposal
            
            
               
                  Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast)
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                  , hereafter "the Regulation", entered into force on 26 June 2015. The Regulation will apply from 26 June 2017, with the exception of the part relating to the system for interconnection of national insolvency registers, which will apply from 26 June 2019.
               
               
                  Annex A to Regulation (EU) 2015/848 lists the insolvency proceedings referred to in point (4) of Article 2 of the Regulation. Annex B lists the insolvency practitioners referred to in point (5) of Article 2.
               
               
                  In December 2015 Poland notified the Commission on a substantial reform of its domestic law on restructuring, taking effect as of 1 January 2016, and requested to change the lists set out in Annexes A and B to the Regulation accordingly. According to Article 1(1), to point (4) of Article 2 and to recital (9) of the Regulation, national proceedings qualify as "insolvency proceedings" in the context of the Regulation only if they are listed in Annex A thereto. Recital (9) of the Regulation confirms this: "This Regulation should apply to insolvency proceedings which meet the conditions set out in it, irrespective of whether the debtor is a natural person or a legal person, a trader or an individual. Those insolvency proceedings are listed exhaustively in Annex A.... National insolvency procedures not listed in Annex A should not be covered by this Regulation". 
               
               
                  The Commission has carefully analysed the request of Poland in order to ensure compliance of the notification with the requirements of the Regulation. 
               
               
                  Regulation ((EU) 2015/848 should therefore be amended accordingly.
               
            
            
               •Consistency with existing policy provisions in the policy area
            
            
               
                  Regulation ((EU) 2015/848 is a recast version of Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings. Regulation (EU) 2015/848 repeals Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 and all of its successive amendments. The latter Regulation is an important instrument of civil judicial cooperation at EU level. 
               
               
                  The efficient treatment of cross-border insolvencies of debtors with their centre of main interests in a Member State requires that the scope of the recast Regulation, similarly to the currently applicable instrument, reflects the actual state of play of domestic insolvency laws. This proposal aims at ensuring that the scope of the recast Regulation is adjusted to the actual legal framework of the Member States on insolvency by the time of its application. 
               
            
            
               •Consistency with other Union policies
            
            
               
                  The Regulation has an important supportive role to the freedom of establishment and to the free movement of persons. 
               
            
            
               2.LEGAL BASIS, SUBSIDIARITY AND PROPORTIONALITY
            
            
               •Legal basis
            
            
               
                  The proposal is based on Article 81 (2) (a), (c) and (f) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
               
            
            
               •Subsidiarity (for non-exclusive competence) 
            
            
               
                  The proposal comes in the exclusive competence of the European Union. The subsidiarity principle therefore does not apply.
               
            
            
               •Proportionality
            
         
         
            
               
                  The proposal complies with the proportionality principle for the following reasons: 
               
               
                  The Commission Proposal replaces the lists for Poland in Annexes A and B to Regulation (EU) 2015/848 with new lists taking into account the information notified by that Member States. Since the Annexes are intrinsic part of the Regulation, their modification can only be achieved via the legislative amendment of the Regulation. 
               
               
                  The Regulation is directly applicable in the Member States. It is published in the Official Journal of the European Union, therefore its contents are accessible to all interested parties. 
               
            
            
               •Choice of the instrument
            
            
               
                  The proposed instrument is a regulation.
               
               
                  Other means would not be adequate for the following reasons:
               
               
                  The Annexes to the Regulation can only be amended by a regulation to be adopted in the ordinary legislative procedure, under the legal base applied to the original Regulation. Such an amendment shall be proposed by the Commission.
               
               
                  Poland notified the Commission of amendments to the lists set out in the Annexes. Accordingly, the Commission does not have any other option but to propose amendments to the Annexes to the Regulation, insofar as these amendments comply with the requirements set out in the Regulation. 
               
            
            
               3.RESULTS OF EX-POST EVALUATIONS, STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS AND IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
            
            
               
                  The envisaged amendments are of a purely technical nature. They contain no substantive change to the Regulation. Therefore, the proposed measure constitutes an official codification of a legislative text in the meaning of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 December 1994.
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                   For such initiatives, in line with the Better Regulation Guidelines of the European Commission, no impact assessment is required. 
               
               
                  Furthermore, pursuant to Article 81 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, after the request of Poland to initiate the necessary legislative procedure, no choice remained available to the Commission, but to comply with this request, insofar as it fulfils the requirements set out in the Regulation. The preparatory work for the adoption of this proposal did not require any new expertise.
               
            
            
               4.BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS
            
            
               
                  The proposal has no budgetary implication.
               
            
            
               2016/0159 (COD)
            
            
               Proposal for a
            
            
               REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
            
            
               replacing the lists of insolvency proceedings and insolvency practitioners in Annexes A and B to Regulation (EU) 2015/848 on insolvency proceedings 
               
            
               THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
            
            
               Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 81 thereof,
            
            
               Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
            
         
         
            
               After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
            
            
               Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure,
            
            
               Whereas:
            
            
               (1)Annexes A and B to Regulation (EU) 2015/848 list the designations given in the national legislation of the Member States to the proceedings and insolvency practitioners to which that Regulation applies. Annex A to Regulation (EU) 2015/848 lists the insolvency proceedings referred to in point (4) of Article 2 of the Regulation. Annex B lists the insolvency practitioners referred to in point (5) of Article 2.
            
            
               (2)On 4 December 2015, Poland notified the Commission of amendments to the lists set out in Annexes A and B to that Regulation. These amendments comply with the requirements set out in the Regulation.
            
            
               (3)The United Kingdom and Ireland are bound by Regulation (EU) 2015/848 and are therefore taking part in the adoption and application of this Regulation.
            
            
               (4)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 on the Functioning of the European Union, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Regulation and is not bound by it or subject to its application.
            
            
               (5)Annexes A and B to Regulation (EU) 2015/848 should therefore be amended accordingly,
            
            
               HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
            
            
               Article 1
            
            
               Annexes A and B to Regulation (EU) 2015/848 are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
            
            
               Article 2
            
            
               This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
            
            
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.
            
            
               Done at Brussels,
            
            
               
                  For the European Parliament
                        For the Council
               
               
                  The President
                         The President
               
            
         
         
            
                  
                     (1)
                  OJ L 141, 5.6.2015, p. 19–72. 
               
               
                  
                     (2)
                  Official Journal C 102 , 04/04/1996 P. 0002 – 0003.
               
            
      
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               EUROPEAN COMMISSION
            Brussels, 30.5.2016
            COM(2016) 317 final
            ANNEX
            to the Proposal for a  
            REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
            replacing the lists of insolvency proceedings and insolvency practitioners in Annexes A and B to Regulation (EU) 2015/848 on insolvency proceedings 
            
               
         
         
            
               ANNEX
            
            
               to the Proposal for a  
            
            
               REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
            
            
               replacing the lists of insolvency proceedings and insolvency practitioners in Annexes A and B to Regulation (EU) 2015/848 on insolvency proceedings 
            
            
               Annexes A and B to Regulation (EU) 2015/848 are replaced by the following:
            
            
               "ANNEX A
            
            
               Insolvency proceedings referred to in point (4) of Article 2 
            
            
            
               BELGIQUE/BELGIË
            
            
               — Het faillissement/La faillite,
            
            
                — De gerechtelijke reorganisatie door een collectief akkoord/La réorganisation judiciaire par accord collectif,
            
            
                — De gerechtelijke reorganisatie door een minnelijk akkoord/La réorganisation judiciaire par accord amiable,
            
            
                — De gerechtelijke reorganisatie door overdracht onder gerechtelijk gezag/La réorganisation judiciaire par transfert sous autorité de justice,
            
            
                — 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,
            
            
                БЪЛГАРИЯ
            
            
               — Производство по несъстоятелност,
            
         
         
            
                ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA
            
            
               — Konkurs,
            
            
                — Reorganizace,
            
            
                — Oddlužení,
            
            
                DEUTSCHLAND
            
            
               — Das Konkursverfahren,
            
            
                — Das gerichtliche Vergleichsverfahren,
            
            
                —  Das Gesamtvollstreckungsverfahren,
            
            
                — Das Insolvenzverfahren,
            
            
                EESTI
            
            
               — Pankrotimenetlus,
            
            
                — Võlgade ümberkujundamise menetlus,
            
            
                ÉIRE/IRELAND
            
            
               — Compulsory winding-up by the court,
            
            
                — Bankruptcy,
            
            
                — The administration in bankruptcy of the estate of persons dying insolvent,
            
            
                — Winding-up in bankruptcy of partnerships,
            
            
                — Creditors' voluntary winding-up (with confirmation of a court),
            
            
                — Arrangements under the control of the court which involve the vesting of all or part of the property of the debtor in the Official Assignee for realisation and distribution,
            
            
                — Examinership,
            
         
         
            
                — Debt Relief Notice,
            
            
                — Debt Settlement Arrangement,
            
            
                — Personal Insolvency Arrangement,
            
            
                ΕΛΛΑΔΑ
            
            
               — Η πτώχευση,
            
            
                — Η ειδική εκκαθάριση εν λειτουργία,
            
            
                — Σχέδιο αναδιοργάνωσης,
            
            
                — Απλοποιημένη διαδικασία επί πτωχεύσεων μικρού αντικειμένου,
            
            
                — Διαδικασία Εξυγίανσης,
            
            
                ESPAÑA
            
            
               — Concurso,
            
            
                — Procedimiento de homologación de acuerdos de refinanciación,
            
            
                — Procedimiento de acuerdos extrajudiciales de pago,
            
            
                — Procedimiento de negociación pública para la consecución de acuerdos de refinanciación colectivos, acuerdos de refinanciación homologados y propuestas anticipadas de convenio,
            
            
                FRANCE
            
            
               — Sauvegarde,
            
            
                — Sauvegarde accélérée,
            
            
                — Sauvegarde financière accélérée,
            
            
                — Redressement judiciaire,
            
            
                — Liquidation judiciaire,
            
         
         
            
                HRVATSKA
            
            
               — Stečajni postupak,
            
            
                ITALIA
            
            
               — Fallimento,
            
            
                — Concordato preventivo,
            
            
                — Liquidazione coatta amministrativa,
            
            
                — Amministrazione straordinaria,
            
            
                — Accordi di ristrutturazione,
            
            
                — Procedure di composizione della crisi da sovraindebitamento del consumatore (accordo o piano),
            
            
                — Liquidazione dei beni,
            
            
                ΚΥΠΡΟΣ
            
            
               — Υποχρεωτική εκκαθάριση από το Δικαστήριο,
            
            
                — Εκούσια εκκαθάριση από μέλη,
            
            
                — Εκούσια εκκαθάριση από πιστωτές
            
            
                — Εκκαθάριση με την εποπτεία του Δικαστηρίου,
            
            
                — Διάταγμα Παραλαβής και πτώχευσης κατόπιν Δικαστικού Διατάγματος,
            
            
                — Διαχείριση της περιουσίας προσώπων που απεβίωσαν αφερέγγυα,
            
            
                LATVIJA
            
            
               — Tiesiskās aizsardzības process,
            
            
                — Juridiskās personas maksātnespējas process,
            
         
         
            
                — Fiziskās personas maksātnespējas process,
            
            
                LIETUVA
            
            
               — Įmonės restruktūrizavimo byla,
            
            
                — Įmonės bankroto byla,
            
            
                — Įmonės bankroto procesas ne teismo tvarka,
            
            
                — Fizinio asmens bankroto procesas,
            
            
                LUXEMBOURG
            
            
               — Faillite,
            
            
                — Gestion contrôlée,
            
            
                — Concordat préventif de faillite (par abandon d'actif),
            
            
                — Régime spécial de liquidation du notariat,
            
            
                — Procédure de règlement collectif des dettes dans le cadre du surendettement,
            
            
                MAGYARORSZÁG
            
            
               — Csődeljárás,
            
            
                — Felszámolási eljárás,
            
            
                MALTA
            
            
               — Xoljiment,
            
            
                — Amministrazzjoni,
            
            
                — Stralċ volontarju mill-membri jew mill-kredituri,
            
            
                — Stralċ mill-Qorti,
            
         
         
            
                — Falliment f'każ ta' kummerċjant,
            
            
                — Proċedura biex kumpanija tirkupra,
            
            
                NEDERLAND
            
            
               — Het faillissement,
            
            
                — De surséance van betaling,
            
            
                — De schuldsaneringsregeling natuurlijke personen,
            
            
                ÖSTERREICH
            
            
               — Das Konkursverfahren (Insolvenzverfahren),
            
            
                — Das Sanierungsverfahren ohne Eigenverwaltung (Insolvenzverfahren),
            
            
                — Das Sanierungsverfahren mit Eigenverwaltung (Insolvenzverfahren),
            
            
                — Das Schuldenregulierungsverfahren,
            
            
                — Das Abschöpfungsverfahren,
            
            
                — Das Ausgleichsverfahren,
            
            
                POLSKA
            
            
               — Upadłość
            
            
               — Postępowanie o zatwierdzenie układu,
            
            
               — Przyspieszone postępowanie układowe,
            
            
               — Postępowanie układowe,
            
            
               — Postępowanie sanacyjne,
            
            
                PORTUGAL
            
         
         
            
               — Processo de insolvência,
            
            
                — Processo especial de revitalização,
            
            
                ROMÂNIA
            
            
               — Procedura insolvenței,
            
            
                — Reorganizarea judiciară,
            
            
                — Procedura falimentului,
            
            
                — Concordatul preventiv,
            
            
                SLOVENIJA
            
            
               — Postopek preventivnega prestrukturiranja,
            
            
                — Postopek prisilne poravnave,
            
            
                — Postopek poenostavljene prisilne poravnave,
            
            
                — Stečajni postopek: stečajni postopek nad pravno osebo, postopek osebnega stečaja in postopek stečaja zapuščine,
            
            
                SLOVENSKO
            
            
               — Konkurzné konanie,
            
            
                — Reštrukturalizačné konanie,
            
            
                — Oddlženie,
            
            
                SUOMI/FINLAND
            
            
               — Konkurssi/konkurs,
            
            
                — Yrityssaneeraus/företagssanering,
            
            
                — Yksityishenkilön velkajärjestely/skuldsanering för privatpersoner,
            
         
         
            
                SVERIGE
            
            
               — Konkurs,
            
            
                — Företagsrekonstruktion,
            
            
                — Skuldsanering,
            
            
                UNITED KINGDOM
            
            
               — Winding-up by or subject to the supervision of the court,
            
            
                — Creditors' voluntary winding-up (with confirmation by the court),
            
            
                — Administration, including appointments made by filing prescribed documents with the court,
            
            
                — Voluntary arrangements under insolvency legislation,
            
            
                — Bankruptcy or sequestration.
            
            
                
               
            
            
               ANNEX B
            
            
               Insolvency practitioners referred to in point (5) of Article 2 
            
            
               BELGIQUE/BELGIË
            
            
               — De curator/Le curateur,
            
            
                — De gedelegeerd rechter/Le juge-délégué,
            
            
                — De gerechtsmandataris/Le mandataire de justice,
            
            
                — De schuldbemiddelaar/Le médiateur de dettes,
            
            
                — De vereffenaar/Le liquidateur,
            
         
         
            
                — De voorlopige bewindvoerder/L'administrateur provisoire,
            
            
                БЪЛГАРИЯ
            
            
               — Назначен предварително временен синдик,
            
            
                — Временен синдик,
            
            
                — (Постоянен) синдик,
            
            
                — Служебен синдик,
            
            
                ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA
            
            
               — Insolvenční správce,
            
            
                — Předběžný insolvenční správce,
            
            
                — Oddělený insolvenční správce,
            
            
                — Zvláštní insolvenční správce,
            
            
                 — Zástupce insolvenčního správce,
            
            
                DEUTSCHLAND
            
            
               — Konkursverwalter,
            
            
                — Vergleichsverwalter,
            
            
                 — Sachwalter (nach der Vergleichsordnung),
            
            
                — Verwalter,
            
            
                — Insolvenzverwalter,
            
            
                — Sachwalter (nach der Insolvenzordnung),
            
            
                — Treuhänder,
            
         
         
            
                — Vorläufiger Insolvenzverwalter,
            
            
                — Vorläufiger Sachwalter,
            
            
                EESTI
            
            
               — Pankrotihaldur,
            
            
                — Ajutine pankrotihaldur,
            
            
                — Usaldusisik,
            
            
                ÉIRE/IRELAND
            
            
               — Liquidator,
            
            
                — Official Assignee,
            
            
                — Trustee in bankruptcy,
            
            
                — Provisional Liquidator,
            
            
                — Examiner,
            
            
               — Personal Insolvency Practitioner,
            
            
                — Insolvency Service,
            
            
                ΕΛΛΑΔΑ
            
            
               — Ο σύνδικος,
            
            
                — Ο εισηγητής,
            
            
                — Η επιτροπή των πιστωτών,
            
            
                — Ο ειδικός εκκαθαριστής,
            
            
                ESPAÑA
            
         
         
            
               — Administrador concursal,
            
            
                — Mediador concursal,
            
            
                FRANCE
            
            
                — Mandataire judiciaire,
            
            
                — Liquidateur,
            
            
                — Administrateur judiciaire,
            
            
                — Commissaire à l'exécution du plan,
            
            
                HRVATSKA
            
            
               — Stečajni upravitelj,
            
            
                — Privremeni stečajni upravitelj,
            
            
                — Stečajni povjerenik,
            
            
                — Povjerenik,
            
            
                ITALIA
            
            
               — Curatore,
            
            
                — Commissario giudiziale,
            
            
                — Commissario straordinario,
            
            
                — Commissario liquidatore,
            
            
                — Liquidatore giudiziale,
            
            
                — Professionista nominato dal Tribunale,
            
            
                — Organismo di composizione della crisi nella procedura di composizione della crisi da sovraindebitamento del consumatore,
            
         
         
            
                — Liquidatore,
            
            
                ΚΥΠΡΟΣ
            
            
               — Εκκαθαριστής και Προσωρινός Εκκαθαριστής,
            
            
                — Επίσημος Παραλήπτης,
            
            
                — Διαχειριστής της Πτώχευσης,
            
            
                LATVIJA
            
            
               — Maksātnespējas procesa administrators,
            
            
                LIETUVA
            
            
               — Bankroto administratorius,
            
            
                — Restruktūrizavimo administratorius,
            
            
                LUXEMBOURG
            
            
               — Le curateur,
            
            
                — Le commissaire,
            
            
                — Le liquidateur,
            
            
                — Le conseil de gérance de la section d'assainissement du notariat,
            
            
                — Le liquidateur dans le cadre du surendettement,
            
            
                MAGYARORSZÁG
            
            
               — Vagyonfelügyelő,
            
            
                — Felszámoló,
            
            
                MALTA
            
         
         
            
               — Amministratur Proviżorju,
            
            
                — Riċevitur Uffiċjali,
            
            
                — Stralċjarju,
            
            
                — Manager Speċjali,
            
            
                — Kuraturi f'każ ta' proċeduri ta' falliment,
            
            
                — Kontrolur Speċjali,
            
            
                NEDERLAND
            
            
               — De curator in het faillissement,
            
            
                — De bewindvoerder in de surséance van betaling,
            
            
                — De bewindvoerder in de schuldsaneringsregeling natuurlijke personen,
            
            
                ÖSTERREICH
            
            
               — Masseverwalter,
            
            
                — Sanierungsverwalter,
            
            
                — Ausgleichsverwalter,
            
            
                — Besonderer Verwalter,
            
            
                — Einstweiliger Verwalter,
            
            
                — Sachwalter,
            
            
                — Treuhänder,
            
            
                — Insolvenzgericht,
            
            
                — Konkursgericht,
            
         
         
            
                POLSKA
            
            
               — Syndyk,
            
            
                — Nadzorca sądowy,
            
            
                — Zarządca,
            
            
               — Nadzorca układu,
            
            
               — Tymczasowy nadzorca sądowy,
            
            
               — Tymczasowy zarządca,
            
            
               — Zarządca przymusowy,
            
            
                PORTUGAL
            
            
               — Administrador da insolvência,
            
            
                — Administrador judicial provisório,
            
            
                ROMÂNIA
            
            
               — Practician în insolvență,
            
            
                — Administrator concordatar,
            
            
                — Administrator judiciar,
            
            
                — Lichidator judiciar,
            
            
                SLOVENIJA
            
            
               — Upravitelj,
            
            
                SLOVENSKO
            
            
               — Predbežný správca,
            
         
         
            
                — Správca,
            
            
                SUOMI/FINLAND
            
            
               — Pesänhoitaja/boförvaltare,
            
            
                — Selvittäjä/utredare,
            
            
                SVERIGE
            
            
               — Förvaltare,
            
            
                — Rekonstruktör,
            
            
                UNITED KINGDOM
            
            
               — Liquidator,
            
            
                — Supervisor of a voluntary arrangement,
            
            
                — Administrator,
            
            
                — Official Receiver,
            
            
                — Trustee,
            
            
                — Provisional Liquidator,
            
            
                — Interim Receiver,
            
            
                — Judicial factor."