Where the merger is effected by the creation of a new company, the new company may be formed without any contributions other than those of the merging companies.
Where the new company is a limited liability company, the members of the disappearing companies may act ipso jure as founders of that company and the procedure shall be in accordance with the provisions governing limited liability companies.
In all cases, where the new company is a joint stock company, the draft articles of association of the new company are approved by the extraordinary general meeting of each of the disappearing companies. There is no need for the transaction to be approved by the general meeting of the new company.