the extension of the scop
e to cover types of division where the company transferring branches of activity is not dissolved; the extension of the scope to cover entities which carry out cross-border activities in the Community; the addition of public limited-liability companies (Societas Europaea or SE) and cooperative societies (SCE) to the list of European companies under the scope of the Directive; the pos
sibility for Member States not to apply provisions of the Directive when
taxing a direct or ...[+++]indirect shareholder of certain corporate taxpayers; non taxation of persons having an interest in the shareholder on the occasion of restructuring transactions; clarification of the application of the rules to operations regarding conversion of branches into subsidiaries; amendment of the definition of exchange of shares; amendment of the scope of a provision regarding the countering of tax avoidance and tax evasion.