18Article 49 TFEU requires the elimination of restrictions on freedom of establishment of nationals of a Member State in the territory of another Member State. That freedom includes, for companies established in accordance with the legislation of a Member State and having their registered office, central administration or principal place of business within the European Union — which Article 54 TFEU treats in the same way as natural persons who are nationals of Member States, for the purposes of exercising freedom of establishment — the right to exercise their activity in other Member States through a subsidiary, branch or agency (see, to that effect, judgments of 21 May 2015, Verder LabTec, C‑657/13, EU:C:2015:331, paragraph 32, and of 2 September 2015, Groupe Steria, C‑386/14, EU:C:2015:524, paragraph 14).
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