Article 2
Codified version
A company may have a sole member when it is formed and also when all its shares come to be held by a single person (single-member company). Member States may, pending coordination of national laws relating to groups, lay down special provisions or penalties for cases where: a natural person is the sole member of several companies; or a single-member company or any other legal person is the sole member of a company.
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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-10 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.