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law">Anguilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_corporate_law" title="Australian corporate law">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands_company_law" title="British Virgin Islands company law">BVI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_corporate_law" title="Canadian corporate law">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands_company_law" title="Cayman Islands company law">Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_company_law" title="Indian company law">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_African_company_law" title="South African company law">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_company_law" title="United Kingdom company law">UK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_corporate_law" title="United States corporate law">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corporate_law_in_Vietnam" title="Corporate law in Vietnam">Vietnam</a></li> <li><br /><a href="/wiki/European_corporate_law" class="mw-redirect" title="European corporate law">European Union</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/French_company_law" title="French company law">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_company_law" title="German company law">Germany</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:lavender; line-height:130%; padding:0.3em 0em;;color: var(--color-base)">General corporate forms</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Company" title="Company">Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conglomerate_(company)" title="Conglomerate (company)">Conglomerate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooperative" title="Cooperative">Cooperative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corporation" title="Corporation">Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holding_company" title="Holding company">Holding company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint-stock_company" title="Joint-stock company">Joint-stock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partnership" title="Partnership">Partnership</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_partnership" title="General partnership">General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limited_partnership" title="Limited partnership">Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limited_liability_partnership" title="Limited liability partnership">Limited liability</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Private_limited_company" title="Private limited company">Private limited</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shell_corporation" title="Shell corporation">Shell corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelf_corporation" title="Shelf corporation">Shelf corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sole_proprietorship" title="Sole proprietorship">Sole proprietorship</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:lavender; line-height:130%; padding:0.3em 0em;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/List_of_legal_entity_types_by_country" title="List of legal entity types by country">Corporate forms<br />by jurisdiction</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/European_corporate_law" class="mw-redirect" title="European corporate law">European Union</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="border-bottom:#ccc 1px solid"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Societas_Europaea" title="Societas Europaea"><i>Societas</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(SE)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Societas_cooperativa_Europaea" title="Societas cooperativa Europaea"><i>Societas cooperativa</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(SCE)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Societas_privata_Europaea" title="Societas privata Europaea"><i>Societas privata</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(SPE)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Societas_unius_personae" title="Societas unius personae"><i>Societas unius personae</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(SUP)</span></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Economic interest grouping <span style="font-size:85%;">(EEIG)</span></a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <span class="nowrap">UK / Ireland / Commonwealth</span></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="border-bottom:#ccc 1px solid"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charitable_incorporated_organisation" title="Charitable incorporated organisation">Charitable incorporated organisation (England and Wales) <span style="font-size:85%;">(CIO)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_charitable_incorporated_organisation" title="Scottish charitable incorporated organisation">Scottish charitable incorporated organisation <span style="font-size:85%;">(SCIO)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Community_interest_company" title="Community interest company">Community interest company <span style="font-size:85%;">(CIC)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Industrial_and_provident_society" title="Industrial and provident society">Industrial and provident society <span style="font-size:85%;">(IPS)</span></a></li> <li><br /><a href="/wiki/Limited_company" title="Limited company">Limited company <span style="font-size:85%;">(Ltd.)</span></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Private_company_limited_by_guarantee" class="mw-redirect" title="Private company limited by guarantee">by guarantee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Private_company_limited_by_shares" title="Private company limited by shares">by shares</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_company" title="Proprietary company">proprietary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_limited_company" title="Public limited company">public</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unlimited_company" title="Unlimited company">Unlimited company</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> United States</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="border-bottom:#ccc 1px solid"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benefit_corporation" title="Benefit corporation">Benefit corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C_corporation" title="C corporation">C corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limited_liability_company" title="Limited liability company">Limited liability company <span style="font-size:85%;">(LLC)</span></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Low-profit_limited_liability_company" title="Low-profit limited liability company">Low-profit LLC</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Series_LLC" title="Series LLC">Series LLC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limited_liability_limited_partnership" title="Limited liability limited partnership">Limited liability limited partnership <span style="font-size:85%;">(LLLP)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S_corporation" title="S corporation">S corporation</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Corporation_Law" title="Delaware General Corporation Law">Delaware corporation</a> / <a href="/wiki/Delaware_statutory_trust" title="Delaware statutory trust">statutory trust</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_business_trust" title="Massachusetts business trust">Massachusetts business trust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevada_corporation" title="Nevada corporation">Nevada corporation</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Others</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="border-bottom:#ccc 1px solid"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aktiebolag" title="Aktiebolag"><i>Aktiebolag</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(AB)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aktiengesellschaft" title="Aktiengesellschaft"><i>Aktiengesellschaft</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(AG)</span></a></li> <li><a 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style="font-size:85%;">(Oy)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S.A._(corporation)" title="S.A. 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Thus, although it is liable for <a href="/wiki/VAT" class="mw-redirect" title="VAT">VAT</a> and employees’ <a href="/wiki/Social_insurance" title="Social insurance">social insurance</a>, it is not liable to <a href="/wiki/Corporation_tax" class="mw-redirect" title="Corporation tax">corporation tax</a>. It has <a href="/wiki/Unlimited_liability" class="mw-redirect" title="Unlimited liability">unlimited liability</a>. It was based on the pre-existing French <i><a href="/wiki/Groupement_d%27int%C3%A9r%C3%AAt_%C3%A9conomique" title="Groupement d'intérêt économique">groupement d´intérêt économique</a></i> (G.i.e.). </p><p>Several thousand EEIGs now exist, active in fields as varied as agricultural marketing, legal advice, research and development, <a href="/wiki/Osteopathy" title="Osteopathy">osteopathy</a>, motorcycle preservation<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and cat-breeding<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. One of the more famous EEIGs is the Franco-German television channel <i><a href="/wiki/Arte" title="Arte">ARTE</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among other EEIGs: </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=EURESA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EURESA (page does not exist)">EURESA</a> (<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euresa" class="extiw" title="fr:Euresa">fr</a>) (<i>operational and flexible tool for cooperation and collaboration among ten European insurance companies belonging to the Social Economy</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basque_Eurocity_Bayonne-San_Sebasti%C3%A1n" title="Basque Eurocity Bayonne-San Sebastián">Basque Eurocity Bayonne-San Sebastián</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ERTMS" class="mw-redirect" title="ERTMS">ERTMS</a> Users Group (<i>The ERTMS Users Group is an association of European <a href="/wiki/Railway_infrastructure_manager" title="Railway infrastructure manager">railway infrastructure managers</a> to share knowledge and experience on the European Rail Traffic Management System</i>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Abbreviations">Abbreviations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=European_economic_interest_grouping&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Abbreviations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In contrast to the <a href="/wiki/European_Company_Regulation" class="mw-redirect" title="European Company Regulation">SE</a> and the <a href="/wiki/European_Cooperative_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="European Cooperative Society">SCE</a>, the lack of a <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> name for the EEIG lead to different names in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_European_Union" title="Languages of the European Union">languages of the European Union</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_language" title="Bulgarian language">Bulgarian</a>: Европейско обединение по икономически интереси (ЕОИИ)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_language" title="Serbian language">Serbian</a>: Evropska Ekonomska Interesna Grupacija (EEIG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_language" title="Croatian language">Croatian</a>: Europsko gospodarsko interesno udruženje (EGIU)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_language" title="Czech language">Czech</a>: Evropské hospodářské zájmové sdružení (EHZS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_language" title="Danish language">Danish</a>: Europæiske økonomiske firmagrupper (EØFG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: Europees economisch samenwerkingsverband (EESV)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>: European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_language" title="Estonian language">Estonian</a>: Euroopa majandushuvigrupp (EMHG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_language" title="Finnish language">Finnish</a>: Eurooppalainen taloudellinen etuyhtymä (ETEY)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: Groupement européen d'intérêt économique (GEIE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: Europäische wirtschaftliche Interessenvereinigung (EWIV)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: Ευρωπαϊκός Όμιλος Οικονομικού Σκοπού (ΕΟΟΣ)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_language" title="Hungarian language">Hungarian</a>: Európai gazdasági egyesülés (EGE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: Grúpáil Eorpach um Leas Eacnamaíoch (GELE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: Gruppo europeo di interesse economico (GEIE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_language" title="Latvian language">Latvian</a>: Eiropas Ekonomisko interešu grupa (EEIG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_language" title="Lithuanian language">Lithuanian</a>: Europos ekonominių interesų grupė (EEIG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maltese_language" title="Maltese language">Maltese</a>: Grupp Ewropew ta’ Interess Ekonomiku (GEIE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: Europejskie Zgrupowanie Interesów Gospodarczych (EZIG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>: Agrupamento Europeu de Interesse Económico (AEIE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_language" title="Romanian language">Romanian</a>: Grup European de Interes Economic (GEIE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_language" title="Slovak language">Slovak</a>: Európske zoskupenie hospodárskych záujmov (EZHZ)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovene_language" title="Slovene language">Slovenian</a>: Evropsko gospodarsko interesno združenje (EGIZ)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>: Agrupación europea de interés económico (AEIE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>: Europeiska ekonomiska intressegrupperingar (EEIG)</li></ul> <p>An EEIG is required to have the abbreviation in its legal name (Art. 5(a) of Council Regulation No. 2137/85). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=European_economic_interest_grouping&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Private_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="European Private Company">European Private Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Types_of_business_entity#European_Economic_Area_.28including_the_European_Union.29" class="mw-redirect" title="Types of business entity">Types of business entity</a></li> <li><a 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