§ Sir Anthony Meyerasked the Minister for Trade if he will provide an outline of the main proposals in the current draft of the fifth company law directive as amended by the European Parliament; and what is Her Majesty's Government's policy on the draft.
§ Dr. VaughanCopies are available, in the Library, of the Department of Trade's brief for United Kingdom Members of the European Parliament on the EC draft fifth directive on company law dated 19 February 1982. It contains a detailed summary of the Commission's proposals and of the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee report which was adopted by the Parliament on 11 May.
The Government's view on the draft directive, as set out in the brief, remains unchanged.