Regulation (EU) 2025/2073 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 October 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2015/848 on insolvency proceedings to replace its Annexes A and B

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 81(2), points (a), (c) and (f) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,

Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (1),

Whereas:

(1) Annexes A and B to Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) list, respectively, the insolvency proceedings and the insolvency practitioners, as notified by Member States, to which that Regulation applies. Annex A lists the insolvency proceedings referred to in Article 2, point (4), of Regulation (EU) 2015/848 and Annex B lists the insolvency practitioners referred to in Article 2, point (5), of that Regulation.

(2) In July 2022, Slovakia notified the Commission of recent changes to its national law which introduced a new preventive restructuring procedure and a new type of insolvency practitioner. That notification was followed by notifications from Estonia, Spain and Italy in September 2022, from Belgium in July 2023, from Malta in September 2023 and from Luxembourg in January 2024, all relating to recent changes to their national law which introduced new types of insolvency proceedings or insolvency practitioners. Those new types of insolvency proceedings and insolvency practitioners comply with the requirements set out in Regulation (EU) 2015/848 and their introduction makes it necessary to amend Annexes A and B to that Regulation.

(3) After the submission of the Commission’s proposal for this Regulation to the European Parliament and to the Council, further notifications were received from Bulgaria, Czechia, Spain and France relating to recent changes to their national law which also introduced new types of insolvency proceedings or insolvency practitioners.

(4) In accordance with Article 3 and Article 4a(1) of Protocol No 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Ireland has notified, by letter of 12 May 2025, its wish to take part in the adoption and application of this Regulation.

(5) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 22 on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Regulation and is not bound by it or subject to its application.

(6) Regulation (EU) 2015/848 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes A and B to Regulation (EU) 2015/848 are replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.

Done at Strasbourg, 8 October 2025.

For the European Parliament The President R. METSOLA

For the Council The President M. BJERRE

(1) Position of the European Parliament of 10 September 2025 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 29 September 2025.

(2) Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (OJ L 141, 5.6.2015, p. 19, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2015/848/oj).