| Summary: | The process of the European integration is ongoing on different levels and in various areas of EU policy. One of such areas is the EU Company law. The significance of the harmonization in the field of EU Company law for the economic integration was established through adoption of the European Community Company Law Harmonization Programme. One of the most significant results of this program is introduction of the European Company as a unified form of public companies throughout the EU. Its main goals are to ensure the freedom of establishment for companies in the EU, provide equal protection for shareholders and workers, as well as foster efficiency and competitiveness of business. It gives enterprises that carry out their activities in more than one Member State of the European Economic Area (EEA) the possibility of establishing public limited liability company as one entity under Community law. It applies throughout the EEA, i.e. the 27 Member States of the EU, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. This study analyses the positive and negative sites of the European Company, its current state, popularity and future perspectives.
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