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A European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG ) is a type of
legal entity of the
European corporate law created on 1985-07-25 under
European Community (EC) Council
Regulation
2137/85 .
[1] It is designed to make it easier for companies in different countries to do business together, or to form
consortia to take part in
EU programmes.
Its activities must be ancillary to those of its members, and, as with a
partnership , any profit or loss it makes is attributed to its members. Thus, although it is liable for
VAT and employees’
social insurance , it is not liable to
corporation tax . It has
unlimited liability . It was based on the pre-existing French
groupement d´intérêt économique (G.i.e.).
Several thousand EEIGs now exist, active in fields as varied as agricultural marketing, legal advice, research and development,
osteopathy , motorcycle preservation[
citation needed ] and cat-breeding[
citation needed ] . One of the more famous EEIGs is the Franco-German television channel
ARTE .
[2] Among other EEIGs:
Abbreviations
In contrast to the
SE and the
SCE , the lack of a
Latin name for the EEIG lead to different names in the
languages of the European Union :
Bulgarian : Европейско обединение по икономически интереси (ЕОИИ)
Serbian : Evropska Ekonomska Interesna Grupacija (EEIG)
Croatian : Europsko gospodarsko interesno udruženje (EGIU)
Czech : Evropské hospodářské zájmové sdružení (EHZS)
Danish : Europæiske økonomiske firmagrupper (EØFG)
Dutch : Europees economisch samenwerkingsverband (EESV)
English : European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG)
Estonian : Euroopa majandushuvigrupp (EMHG)
Finnish : Eurooppalainen taloudellinen etuyhtymä (ETEY)
French : Groupement européen d'intérêt économique (GEIE)
German : Europäische wirtschaftliche Interessenvereinigung (EWIV)
Greek : Ευρωπαϊκός Όμιλος Οικονομικού Σκοπού (ΕΟΟΣ)
Hungarian : Európai gazdasági egyesülés (EGE)
Irish : Grúpáil Eorpach um Leas Eacnamaíoch (GELE)
Italian : Gruppo europeo di interesse economico (GEIE)
Latvian : Eiropas Ekonomisko interešu grupa (EEIG)
Lithuanian : Europos ekonominių interesų grupė (EEIG)
Maltese : Grupp Ewropew ta’ Interess Ekonomiku (GEIE)
Polish : Europejskie Zgrupowanie Interesów Gospodarczych (EZIG)
Portuguese : Agrupamento Europeu de Interesse Económico (AEIE)
Romanian : Grup European de Interes Economic (GEIE)
Slovak : Európske zoskupenie hospodárskych záujmov (EZHZ)
Slovenian : Evropsko gospodarsko interesno združenje (EGIZ)
Spanish : Agrupación europea de interés económico (AEIE)
Swedish : Europeiska ekonomiska intressegrupperingar (EEIG)
An EEIG is required to have the abbreviation in its legal name (Art. 5(a) of Council Regulation No. 2137/85).
See also
References
Juridical persons of the EU
Primary international law juridical persons of the EU (may enter treaties) EU secondary law juridical persons of the EU
Other existing pan-EU organisational forms
Juridical persons (corporations and foundations)
registered at EU level registered at EU level through a mixed procedure (member-state/EU) registered at member-state level
Other partnerships registered at member-state level
Proposed pan-EU organisational forms