Corresponding to the official statement issued 19.02.21 with the passage of the “Law on the Prevention and Combating of Money Laundering (Amending) Law of 2021”,

the Ministry of Energy, Commerce, and Industry proclaims that the electronic service for the Registration of Beneficial Owners (UBOs) information for corporate and other legal entities will be available 16.03.2021 under the Companies Section website, e-filing services.

Therefore, as of Tuesday, March 16, 2021, companies can begin entering the details of their beneficial owners (UBOs) onto the interim system solution.

Furthermore, the digital platform serves as a transitional solution. Six months from the data collection date will be given for registration in the digital platform information system.

During the intermediate solution operation duration, the UBO information will be accessible only to the competent bodies upon request to the Registrar of Companies. Therefore, before the development of the final operation system, responsible entities or the general public will not have access to research this data.

The Registrar of Companies will also provide a comprehensive guide that will oversee the register operation of actual beneficiary companies and other legal entities.  The guide, amongst others, will include information on the requested data of the UBO, obligations, procedures of data submission, exceptions, etc.  The Registrar of Companies will also upload a manual and case studies on its website to guide all liable parties on data submission to the e-platform.

According to the Directive of the Registrar of Companies (Regulatory Administrative Act 112/2021), the Guidance for the Interim Solution of the Beneficial Ownership Register and the provisions of Article 61 (A) that refers to the “Law on the Prevention and Combating of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Law of 2007,” as amended; companies, legal entities, and officials require to register the information of the actual beneficiaries of companies and other legal entities.

The requested information about UBO will include, amongst others:

1. Full contact details – Name, Surname, Date of Birth, Nationality, Residence address of each Beneficiary Owner (UBO)
2. Nature and extent of Status final ownership held indirectly or directly from each Beneficiary Owner, including the percentage of shares, rights, votes, or the significant influence of a person or the type and extent of the absolute control exercised directly or indirectly by each beneficial owner.
3. Natural Person – Identity number, ID document, type of document, country of issuance.
4. The date on which the natural person acquired beneficial ownership;
5. The date of possible changes in the particulars of the natural person; or termination of a beneficial owner:

It is understood that in case, after exhausting all possible means and provided that there are no reasonable doubts, if no natural person has been identified as a valid beneficiary owner or if there are doubts about the identified person as an actual beneficiary, the company and other legal entities should acquire and hold the information under (a) to and (e) of the natural person that owns the senior management position.

For further information about the beneficial owner register’s operations, please refer to the relevant Directive of the Registrar of Companies (Regulatory Administrative Act 112/2021 – Κ.Δ.Π. 112/2021 ).

Guidance for the Interim Solution of the Beneficial Ownership Register 

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Ακολουθεί Ελληνική Μετάφραση

In the relevant framework of the measures taken by the government for supporting companies / businesses that are being affected by the restrictive measures imposed for the limitation of the Coronavirus spread, the Department of Registrar of Companies and official receivers announces the following:

4th Companies Compliance Campaign for Registration of Annual Due Reports:

• The process of publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic is suspended for the duration of three months prior to the delisting of non-compliant companies until January 2021.

Payment of the annual fee of € 350:

• The payment option of the annual fee for 2020 is extended until December 31st, 2020 without the enforcement of the additional charge of 10% and 30%.

Enforcement of fees for the late submission of forms to MCIT:

• In co-operation with the House of Representatives, the implementation of the monetary charge on late submission of statutory forms to MCIT will be postponed and transferred to 2021.

Submission to the Department of the Annual Report 2020:

• The Annual Report dated 01/01/2020 to 31/12/2020 may be submitted to the Department until 28/01/2021, without the additional charge of € 20 imposed for late registration.
• Due to the relative adjustment that has to be made to the Registrar’s system, it is recommended to companies that are intending to submit now the Department’s Annual Report 2020, to wait the relevant announcement from the Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver.

Spyros Kokkinos

Source: Department of Registrar of companies and official receiver

23/3/2020

Μέτρα για υποβοήθηση των Εταιρειών που έχουν υποστεί συνέπειες λόγω κορωνοϊού. 

Στα πλαίσια των μέτρων που λαμβάνει η κυβέρνηση για στήριξη των εταιρειών/επιχειρήσεων που επηρεάζονται από τα περιοριστικά μέτρα που έχουν επιβληθεί για τον περιορισμό της εξάπλωσης του Κορωνοϊού, το Τμήμα Εφόρου Εταιρειών ανακοινώνει τα εξής:

4η εκστρατεία συμμόρφωσης των εταιρειών για καταχώριση οφειλόμενων ετήσιων εκθέσεων:

• Αναστέλλεται η διαδικασία δημοσίευσης στην Επίσημη Εφημερίδα της Δημοκρατίας για τρίμηνη ειδοποίηση πριν τη διαγραφή των μη συμμορφούμενων εταιρειών, μέχρι τον Ιανουάριο 2021.

Καταβολή του ετήσιου τέλους €350:

• Η δυνατότητα καταβολής του ετήσιου τέλους για το 2020 παρατείνεται μέχρι και την 31η Δεκεμβρίου του 2020 χωρίς την επιβολή της επιπρόσθετης επιβάρυνσης του 10% και 30%.

Επιβολή χρηματικής επιβάρυνσης για την εκπρόθεσμη υποβολή εντύπων στο ΤΕΕΕΠ:

• Σε συνεργασία με τη Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων, η εφαρμογή της χρηματικής επιβάρυνσης για την εκπρόθεσμη υποβολή θεσμοθετημένων εντύπων στο ΤΕΕΕΠ, θα μετατεθεί για το 2021.

Υποβολή στο Τμήμα της Ετήσιας Έκθεσης του 2020:

• Η Ετήσια Έκθεση με ημερομηνία σύνταξης από 01/01/2020 μέχρι και 31/12/2020 δύναται να υποβληθεί στο Τμήμα μέχρι και τις 28/01/2021, χωρίς να επιβληθεί το τέλος των €20 για εκπρόθεσμη καταχώριση.
• Λόγω της σχετικής ρύθμισης που πρέπει να γίνει στο σύστημα του Εφόρου Εταιρειών, συστήνεται όπως εταιρείες που προτίθενται να υποβάλουν τώρα εκπρόθεσμα στο Τμήμα την Ετήσια Έκθεση του 2020, αναμένουν σχετική Ανακοίνωση του Τμήματος Εφόρου Εταιρειών.

Σπύρος Κόκκινος

Έφορος Εταιρειών

23/3/2020

Πηγή: Έφορος Εταιρειών

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