Companies Act 2014

Interpretation – Chapter 3

1602

1602. (1) In this Chapter –

"applicable branch" means a branch of a third-country undertaking where, in relation to a financial year –

(a) the branch is located in the State and generated a net turnover of more than €40 million in the preceding financial year,

(b) the third-country undertaking at its group level or, if not applicable, the individual level, generated a net turnover of more than €150 million in the European Union for each of the preceding two consecutive financial years, and

(c) the third-country undertaking –

(i) is either not part of a group F1214[or is a subsidiary whose ultimate parent undertaking is a third-country undertaking], and

(ii) does not have an applicable subsidiary;

F1214[“applicable subsidiary” means a subsidiary undertaking–

(a) that, in relation to a financial year, is an applicable company, and

(b) whose ultimate parent undertaking is a third-country undertaking which, at its group level, generated a net turnover of more than €150 million in the European Union for each of the preceding two consecutive financial years;]

F1215[“ultimate parent undertaking”, in relation to a subsidiary, means the holding undertaking or holding company of the subsidiary that itself is not a subsidiary of a holding company or holding undertaking.]

(2) For the purpose of this Chapter, a reference to a branch or an undertaking shall include a branch or an undertaking, as the case may be, whose legal form is comparable with the types of undertakings listed in Annex I of the Accounting Directive.]

Annotations

Amendments:

F1214

Substituted (7.07.2025) by European Union (Corporate Sustainability Reporting) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 309 of 2025), reg. 9(a), (b).

F1215

Inserted (7.07.2025) by European Union (Corporate Sustainability Reporting) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 309 of 2025), reg. 9(c).

F1216

Inserted (6.07.2024) by European Union (Corporate Sustainability Reporting) Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 336 of 2024), reg. 24, in effect as per reg. 1(2).