A Member State's laws may provide that merger by acquisition may also be effected where one or more of the companies being acquired 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 éadáil a chur i gcrích freisin nuair atá ceann amháin nó níos mó de na cuideachtaí atá á bhfáil 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.