Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council replacing the lists of insolvency proceedings and insolvency practitioners in Annexes A and B to Regulation (EU) 2015/848 on insolvency proceedings

Regulation (EU) 2015/848 entered into force on 26 June 2015. The Regulation will apply from 26 June 2017, with the exception of the part relating to the system for interconnection of national insolvency registers, which will apply from 26 June 2019. Annex A to Regulation (EU) 2015/848 lists the insolvency proceedings referred to in point (4) of Article 2 of the Regulation. Annex B lists the insolvency practitioners referred to in point (5) of Article 2.

In December 2015 Poland notified the Commission on a substantial reform of its domestic law on restructuring, taking effect as of 1 January 2016, and requested to change the lists set out in Annexes A and B to the Regulation accordingly. According to Article 1(1), to point (4) of Article 2 and to recital (9) of the Regulation, national proceedings qualify as "insolvency proceedings" in the context of the Regulation only if they are listed in Annex A thereto.

The Commission has carefully analysed the request of Poland in order to ensure compliance of the notification with the requirements of the Regulation. Regulation ((EU) 2015/848 should therefore be amended accordingly.

EUR-Lex: COM(2016)317: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2016:317:FIN

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