Where the laws of a Member State permit a company to acquire its own shares, either itself or through a person acting in his or her own name but on the company's behalf, they shall make the holding of these shares at all times subject to at least the following conditions:
I gcás ina gceadaítear cuideachta le dlíthe Ballstáit a scaireanna dílse a fháil, má fhaigheann sí féin iad nó má fhaightear trí dhuine ag gníomhú ina ainm nó ina hainm féin ach thar ceann na cuideachta iad, déanfaidh siad sealbhú na scaireanna sin i gcónaí faoi réir na gcoinníollacha seo a leanas ar a laghad: