This is the second volume of the book on the Takeover Directive. The first volume, containing the general report on the Takeover Directive, a discussion of the directive from a US law perspective and national reports from those Member States which had adapted their legislation first, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2008. The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the European legal framework and the implementing legislation in each Member State of the European Union and the European Economic Area. The Takeover Directive has been made applicable through treaty to the three EEA Member States and public takeover bids in these countries will thus also benefit from the common rules laid down in the directive.

The first volume included reports from Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Volume II contains reports from the other countries of the European Union, i.e. from Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Sweden, as well as the EEA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

Thus, taken together, the two volumes contain reports on the legal framework in all twenty-seven EU Member States and the three EEA countries. It is in consequence a useful tool for those who intend to launch a public takeover bid on securities issued by European companies and listed on a regulated market in the European Economic Area, for the target company and all other parties involved in a public takeover bid. This book was made possible thanks to contributions from distinguished law firms in the EEA member countries.