Member States need not apply this Chapter in cases where the company or companies which are being acquired or will cease to exist are the subject of bankruptcy proceedings, proceedings relating to the winding-up of insolvent companies, judicial arrangements, compositions and analogous proceedings.
Ní gá do na Ballstáit an Chaibidil seo a chur i bhfeidhm i gcásanna ina bhfuil an chuideachta atá á fáil nó na cuideachtaí atá á bhfáil nó a scoirfidh de bheith ann mar ábhar imeachtaí féimheachta, imeachtaí a bhaineann le foirceannadh cuideachtaí dócmhainneacha, socruithe breithiúnacha, comhshocraíochtaí agus imeachtaí cosúil leo sin.