European EEIG Information Centre
The European Economic Interest Grouping is the only transnational legal instrument for co-operation between entrepreneurs in Europe. It’s flexible, unbureaucratic and offers many fiscal advantages.
European EEIG Information Centre
LIBERTAS – Europäisches Institut GmbH,
Hans-Jürgen Zahorka, Assessor jur.
Lindenweg 37, 72414 Rangendingen, Germany
Tel.: +49/7471/984996-0, Fax: +49/7471/984996-19
eMail: ewiv@libertas-institut.com
The European EEIG Information Centre has experience since 1991 in launching and consulting around 200 EEIGs all over Europe – as well as many seminars, own conferences and publications.
It is a loose alliance of lawyers, economists, taxation experts and entrepreneurs, within LIBERTAS – European Institute.
See also other information in the German version (multilingual material) under „EWIV“
Accountancy for EEIG – with the European EEIG Information Centre more…
EWIV/EEIG eJournal: Law, Taxation and Management of European Economic Interest Groupings
e-mail subscription (free of charge) more…
- Italian Province and University Do Research on European Legal Forms : The EWIV/EEIG Information Centre at LIBERTAS is partner of the University of Trento and will host the researcher, Dr. Alessio Bartolacelli, during his working stays in this multi-annual project more…
- A University Paper from Brazilian State University Anapá, by Fernando Melém and prof. Juliana Montero Pedro, proposing a new Brazilian legislation to introduce an Economc Interest Grouping, after the EEIG example in Europe. more…
- Offer for EEIG workshops for research organisations and universities more…
- Some available PowerPoint presentations on research activities as an EEIG: under construction!
- European Ombudsman – what he decided on EEIG complaints (in English): more ….
- Fact Sheet on EEIGs as research organization, with F.A.Qs: under construction
- The EEIG in Lithuania (soon available)
- The first EEIG in Central and Eastern Europe has been registered on 2.3.2006 in Lithuania:
Open Europe Consulting (www.open-europe-consulting.de), Press Release EN, LT
- Presentations (download – English, German)
- EWIV-Workshop am 29.1.2010 in Vaduz/Liechtenstein (Tagungsband auf Anforderung) hier…
Eine allgemeine EWIV-Präsentation; Stephanie Maurer, Hochschule Bochum, Studiengang Internationales Management (2. Fachsemester)
7th EEIG Conference 2006, Vienna more…
6th EEIG Conference 2004, Frankfurt more…
5th EEIG Conference 2003, Strasbourg more…
- Publications for free downloading:
- New: The EEIG is also present in Ukraine. Already in 2015, Darija Opryshko wrote, together with Prof. Alessio Bartolacelli from Macerata University/Italy, an article in the renowned legal review “Pravo Ukraina”. The author has fled her native Kyiv at the end of February 2022 and lives meanwhile in Germany. With great pleasure we republish the article which shows that Ukrainian lawyers did and do a lot to close the gap to the European Union, and to prepare the country since years for a EU accession. more…
- Loreta Gherman/Hans-Juergen Zahorka: Gruparea Europeană de Interes Economic (GEIE): Singurul instrument legal transnaţional pentru cooperarea între întreprinzători în Uniunea Europeană (in Romanian language)
- „Rechtsform mit vielen Freiheiten: Mit einer EWIV europaweit kooperieren“, von Hans-Jürgen Zahorka, Artikel aus LEADERforum 1/2005, Deutsche Vernetzungsstelle LEADER+ (Hrsg.). Die gesamte Ausgabe LEADERforum 1/2005 kann im Internet unter www.leaderplus.de/leaderforum heruntergeladen werden.
- Hans-Jürgen Zahorka: Economic Interest Groups in Macedonia
- Extract from Macedonian Draft Company Law: Economic Interest Group (art. 547 et al.)
- Simone Taufenbach: Die Mitgliedschaft deutscher Universitäten und Hochschulen in einer EWIV, LIBERTAS Paper 45, Sindelfingen 2003
- Janja Bedrac: Evropsko gospodarsko interesno zdruzenje (EGIZ), LIBERTAS Paper 44, Sindelfingen 2003 (in Slovene language)
- Zinka Grbo: Evropska Ekonomska Interesna Grupacija i njen odnos sa Statusnim Formama u Pravnom Sistemu Bosne i Hercegovine LIBERTAS Paper 47, Sindelfingen 2003 (in Bosnian language)
- Links and exemples of EEIGs
Further EU Legal Forms
European Foundation (FE)
Here we have information about the state of the legislation for a European Foundation (EU Draft Regulation from 5.2.2012).
EU Commission Draft Regulation (EN), 5.12.2012
Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q.) on the EU Commission proposal for a Regulation on the Statute for a European Foundation (FE)
Feasibility Study on a European Foundation Statute for the EU Commission (University of Heidelberg) 2008
Comments on the Consultation Document on a possible statute for a European Foundation, November 2009
European Company– Societas Europeae (SE)
Statistics are not actualized any more since 7/2016. All SE’s can be downloaded under Tenders Electronic Daily
Laws (Directives, Regulations, Implementation Laws: DE, EN, FR, IT- zip-file)
European Cooperative Society – Societas Cooperativa Europeae (SCE)
List (pdf) 25.8.2018
Regulations (DE, EN, FR, IT – zip-file)
European Grouping for Territorial Cooperation (EGTC)
List (pdf) 25.8.2018 – Regulations (DE, EN, FR, IT, PL – zip-file)
Poland EUWT:
EUWT Regulation (PL)
National Implementation Law (europejskim ugrupowaniu wspóΠpracy terytorialnej)
Examples for EGTC:
- „Eastern Railway – Model Corridor Region in the structure of an EGTC“ – English presentation by Karl-Heinz Bossan, Managing Director of IGOB Eisenbahn Berlin – Gorzów more…
- Europejskie Ugrupowanie Współpracy Terytorialnej (EUWT) – Presentation in Polish language (PL): more …
- „Kolej Wschodnia – Region Korytarza Modelowego o strukturze EUWT“ – Polish presentation by Karl-Heinz Bossan, Managing Director of IGOB Eisenbahn Berlin Gorzów (Railway Berlin – Gorzów) more…