Det bør være muligt at etablere en klar forbindelse mellem registret for et selskab og registrene for dets filialer i andre medlemsstater, der består i udveksling af oplysninger om indledning og afslutning af likvidations- eller konkursbehandling i selskabet og om selskabets sletning fra registret, hvis dette får juridiske konsekvenser i den medlemsstat, hvor selskabets register er.
It should be made possible to establish a clear connection between the register of a company and the registers of its branches opened in other Member States, consisting in the exchange of information on the opening and termination of any winding-up or insolvency proceedings of the company and on the striking-off of the company from the register, if this entails legal consequences in the Member State of the register of the company.