Council Directive 2001/86/EC

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EU legal act European Union directive

Council Directive 2001/86/EC is a European Union legal act that supplements the Statute for a European Company (Societas Europaea) by establishing rules on employee involvement in such companies.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Council Directive 2001/86/EC canonical	4
Council Directive 2001/86/EC supplementing the Statute for a European company with regard to the involvement of employees	2
Council Directive 2001/86/EC of 8 October 2001 supplementing the Statute for a European company with regard to the involvement of employees	1
Council Directive 2001/86/EC on employee involvement in the European Company	1
Directive 2001/86/EC	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1731287 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Council Directive 2001/86/EC
Context triple: [Societas Europaea, governedBy, Council Directive 2001/86/EC]

A. Regulation (EC) No 851/2004
Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 is the EU law that established the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and defined its mandate, structure, and functions in coordinating infectious disease surveillance and control across member states.
B. Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 is an EU law that establishes the centralized procedure for the authorization and supervision of medicinal products and defines the role and powers of the European Medicines Agency.
C. Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 is the EU legislative act that established the European Institute of Innovation and Technology and set out its mission, structure, and operating framework.
D. Regulation (EU) No 1092/2010
Regulation (EU) No 1092/2010 is the EU law that established the framework for macro-prudential oversight of the financial system and created the European Systemic Risk Board to monitor and mitigate systemic risks.
E. Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012
Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 is a European Union law that establishes the quality schemes and protection framework for agricultural products and foodstuffs, including designations such as Protected Designation of Origin and Protected Geographical Indication.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Council Directive 2001/86/EC
Target entity description: Council Directive 2001/86/EC is a European Union legal act that supplements the Statute for a European Company (Societas Europaea) by establishing rules on employee involvement in such companies.

A. Regulation (EC) No 851/2004
Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 is the EU law that established the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and defined its mandate, structure, and functions in coordinating infectious disease surveillance and control across member states.
B. Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 is an EU law that establishes the centralized procedure for the authorization and supervision of medicinal products and defines the role and powers of the European Medicines Agency.
C. Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 is the EU legislative act that established the European Institute of Innovation and Technology and set out its mission, structure, and operating framework.
D. Regulation (EU) No 1092/2010
Regulation (EU) No 1092/2010 is the EU law that established the framework for macro-prudential oversight of the financial system and created the European Systemic Risk Board to monitor and mitigate systemic risks.
E. Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012
Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 is a European Union law that establishes the quality schemes and protection framework for agricultural products and foodstuffs, including designations such as Protected Designation of Origin and Protected Geographical Indication.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	EU legal act ⓘ European Union directive ⓘ
adoptedBy	Council of the European Union ⓘ
aimsTo	ensure employees are involved in decisions in European Companies ⓘ establish rules on employee involvement in Societas Europaea ⓘ
appliesTo	European Company ⓘ linked to: Societas Europaea Societas Europaea ⓘ
appliesWhen	a European Company is established by conversion of an existing company ⓘ a European Company is established by holding company formation ⓘ a European Company is established by merger ⓘ a European Company is established by subsidiary formation ⓘ
bindingOn	EU Member States ⓘ linked to: Member States of the European Union
category	secondary EU law ⓘ
concerns	representation of employees on supervisory or administrative organs ⓘ transnational information and consultation procedures ⓘ
dateAdopted	2001-10-08 ⓘ
defines	employee involvement as information, consultation and participation ⓘ
ensures	protection of existing employee participation rights in companies forming a European Company ⓘ
establishes	standard rules on employee involvement where no agreement is reached ⓘ
geographicalScope	European Union ⓘ
hasNumber	2001/86/EC ⓘ
issuedBy	European Union ⓘ
language	all official languages of the European Union ⓘ
legalBasis	Treaty establishing the European Community ⓘ linked to: Treaty of Rome
legalForm	directive ⓘ
linkedInstrument	Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 on the Statute for a European Company ⓘ linked to: Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001
officialName	Council Directive 2001/86/EC of 8 October 2001 supplementing the Statute for a European company with regard to the involvement of employees ⓘ linked to: Council Directive 2001/86/EC
partOf	EU acquis communautaire ⓘ
policyArea	EU company law ⓘ EU social policy ⓘ
relatedTo	Directive 94/45/EC ⓘ European Works Councils ⓘ
requires	negotiations on employee involvement before registration of a European Company ⓘ
requiresTranspositionBy	Member States ⓘ
sector	corporate governance ⓘ labour law ⓘ
shortName	Directive 2001/86/EC ⓘ linked to: Council Directive 2001/86/EC
subjectMatter	employee involvement in European Companies ⓘ information and consultation of employees ⓘ participation of employees in company organs ⓘ
supplements	Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 ⓘ Statute for a European Company ⓘ
typeOfInvolvement	consultation ⓘ information ⓘ participation ⓘ
yearAdopted	2001 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Societas Europaea → governedBy → Council Directive 2001/86/EC ⓘ

Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 → complements → Council Directive 2001/86/EC ⓘ

Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 → relatedTo → Council Directive 2001/86/EC supplementing the Statute for a European company with regard to the involvement of employees ⓘ