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The Department of the Registrar of Companies would like to clarify the following regarding the Register of Beneficial Owners:

Companies that submitted an application to be striken off the register or for which a liquidation procedure was initiated after 12/03/2021

• Companies that submitted an application to be striken off the register or for which a liquidation procedure was initiated after 12/03/2021 are not exempted from the obligation to file beneficial owners’ details.

Companies that an objection has been submitted and the company is still registered 

• Companies that submitted an application to be striken off the register before 12.03.21 are excluded from the obligation to file beneficial owners’ details. In the event that an objection was filed by a competent authority and the company remains on the register, the company is also excluded from the obligation to file beneficial owners’ details. 

Companies that did not apply for a strike off but received a letter from the Registrar of Companies before 12/03/21 that the company will be stricken off due to non-compliance (non active companies)

• Companies that did not apply for a strike off but received a letter from the Registrar of Companies before 12/03/21 that the company will be stricken off due to non-compliance but are still on the register are not exempted from the obligation to file beneficial owners’ details.