Translation of "société à actionnariat restreint " (French → English) :

Limitations on agricultural estate purchased by foreign physical and legal entities.ESreservation to the purchase of real estate by governments, official institutions and public enterprises originating in non-Community member countries.ELaccording to Law 1892/90, as amended by Law 1969/91, acquisition of real estate in the border regions either directly or through equity participation in a company which is not listed in the Greek Stock Exchange and which owns real estate in those regions or any change in the persons of the stockholders of such company are subject to a permit issued by the competent authorities (Ministry of Defence in the ...[+++] case of non-EU natural or legal persons).IEprior written consent of the Land Commission is necessary for the acquisition of any interest in Irish land by domestic or foreign companies or foreign nationals.

4. A change of ownership does not automatically lead to an exclusion of the participating company, unless it breaches the definition of small and medium-sized enterprise.

[16] The Corporate Governance and Company Law Action Plan; including actions on: IAS implementation; 8th Company Law Directive; acceptance of IAS in third country jurisdictions, such as the US; transparency of corporate governance structures; improving shareholder structures etc.

3. This Directive complements Community law applicable to information society services without prejudice to the level of protection for, in particular, public health and consumer interests, as established by Community acts and national legislation implementing them in so far as this does not restrict the freedom to provide information society services.

However, unlike share ownership schemes they do not necessarily imply the actual ownership of a stake in the company.

[7] Share ownership schemes in particular were very rare and existed only in 9% of companies.