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Council Regulation 2157/2001/EC of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European company (SE)RecitalsTitle I General provisions (arts. 1-14)Article 1Article 2Article 3Article 4Article 5Article 6Article 7Article 8Article 9Article 10Article 11Article 12Article 13Article 14Title II Formation (arts. 15-37)Section 1 General (arts. 15-16)Article 15Article 16Section 2 Formation by merger (arts. 17-31)Article 17Article 18Article 19Article 20Article 21Article 22Article 23Article 24Article 25Article 26Article 27Article 28Article 29Article 30Article 31Section 3 Formation of a holding SE (arts. 32-34)Article 32Article 33Article 34Section 4 Formation of a subsidiary SE (arts. 35-36)Article 35Article 36Section 5 Conversion of an existing public limited-liability company into an SE (art. 37)Article 37Title III Structure of the SE (arts. 38-60)Article 38Section 1 Two-tier system (arts. 39-42)Article 39Article 40Article 41Article 42Section 2 The one-tier system (arts. 43-45)Article 43Article 44Article 45Section 3 Rules common to the one-tier and two-tier systems (arts. 46-51)Article 46Article 47Article 48Article 49Article 50Article 51Section 4 General meeting (arts. 52-60)Article 52Article 53Article 54Article 55Article 56Article 57Article 58Article 59Article 60Title IV Annual accounts and consolidated accounts (arts. 61-62)Article 61Article 62Title V Winding up, liquidation, insolvency and cessation of payments (arts. 63-66)Article 63Article 64Article 65Article 66Title VI Additional and transitional provisions (art. 67)Article 67Title VII Final provisions (arts. 68-70)Article 68Article 69Article 70Annex I Public limited-liability companies referred to in Article 2(1)Annex II Public and private limited-liability companies referred to in Article 2(2)Done at
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Version status: Entered into force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 8 October 2004 - onwards
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Article 58

The votes cast shall not include votes attaching to shares in respect of which the shareholder has not taken part in the vote cor has abstained or has returned a blank or spoilt ballot paper.

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