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The main criteria of review of form EE1 are:

• the business name;
• the nature of operations (must not be illegal in case of services);
• the place of operations in Cyprus;
• the name of the owner (must be a single person either natural or legal);
• the nationality (in case of non-EU, permission is required by the Immigration Officer);
• the home address or address of the registered office in Cyprus;
• the date of commencement of operations must be earlier to or the same with the date on which the application was stamped by the Department;
• signature by the owner of the Business Name.

Most common reasons for rejection of the form by the examiner:

• failure to fill-in/submit the above details;
• the business name is not the same as the one that has been approved;
• failure to sign the form by the owner;
• the form does not carry the seal of the owner company;
• failure to fill-in the address of the registered office where the owner is a company;
• failure to fill-in the date of commencement of operations (the date must be earlier to the date of the Registrar’s stamp on the EE1 form);
• the submitted form is not the statutory form. The statutory forms are available on the website and offices.

For further information regarding the relevant procedure, you may refer to the incorporating a business name page.