A Member State's laws may provide that merger by the formation of a new company may also be effected where one or more of the companies which are ceasing to exist is in liquidation, provided that this option is restricted to companies which have not yet begun to distribute their assets to their shareholders.
Féadfar a fhoráil le dlíthe Ballstáit go bhféadfar cumasc trí chuideachta nua a fhoirmiú a chur i gcrích freisin nuair atá ceann amháin nó níos mó de na cuideachtaí a scoirfidh de bheith ann faoi leachtú, ar an gcoinníoll nach n-úsáidfear an rogha sin ach i gcás cuideachtaí nár thosaigh go fóill ar a sócmhainní a dháileadh ar a gcuid scairshealbhóirí.