Limited company a distinction to be made between the publicly tradable companies of the "plc" type (for example, the German Aktiengesellschaft (AG), British PLC, Czech a.s., Italian S.p.A., Hungarian Zrt. and the Spanish, French, Polish, Greek and Romanian S.A.), and the "private" types of company (such as the German GmbH, Portuguese Ltda., British Ltd., Polish sp. z o.o., the Czech s.r.o., the French s.a.r.l., the Italian and Romanian s.r.l., Hungarian kft. and Slovak s.r.o.) This is a company that does not have share capital, but is guaranteed by its "members", who agree to pay a fixed amount in the event of the
Private limited company major properties have to be sold. Nonetheless, the responsibility of the partners is limited to the capital share they hold, and the minimum capital required by law for a "S.L." is at least €3,000. Sweden has no equivalent of an LLC. The closest company form is the "handelsbolag" (lit.: "trade company"). The Swedish AB ("aktiebolag"; lit.: "share company"), like the "handelsbolag", is a tax subject and is more similar to a US C Corporation than an LLC. The minimum capital required by law in a private company, "privat aktiebolag", is SEK 50,000, although this may be in the form of