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Fill in and submit, depending on the type of your company, the following forms to update your company's register, by paying the fee of twenty euro (€20) and an additional fee of twenty euro (€20) in case you wish to accelerate the procedure:

• annual return of a private company with share capital (form HE32I); or
• annual return of a public company (form HΕ32Δ); or
• annual return of a company without a share capital (form HE32ΧΚ ).

On the basis of the Companies (Amendment) Law 2024, N.18(I)/2024 (see below), which was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic on March 5 2024, the overdue filing of the annual return (where the reference date of the annual return is for the year 2021 and onwards) is subject to a late filing fee not exceeding the amount of fifty euros (€50) upon the first day of non-compliance and a further charge of one euro (€1) for every day the failure to comply continues, up to the maximum amount of one hundred fifty euros (€150).

Additionally, in the event of an overdue filing, an additional fee of twenty euros (€20) is imposed.

For further information regarding form completion and the relevant procedure, please refer to the main criteria of review and most common reasons for rejection of a private company, public company and company without share capital and to the pages Filing Annual Returns and Financial Statements of Company and Filing Annual Returns and Financial Statements of European Company respectively.

It is noted that, the annual return of a private company with share capital (form HE32I) for the year 2014 and onwards can only be filled online via the e-filing system of the Registrar of companies, while the annual return of a public company (form HΕ32Δ) and the annual return of a company without a share capital (form HE32ΧΚ) can only be filled by hand/post. 

e-filing of annual return of a private company