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The Current Issue of Register of Beneficial Owners of Legal Entities and Trust Funds in the Czech Republic in Connection with Implementation of 5th AML Directive

ZPĚVÁK, Aleš and Jiří VÍŠEK

Basic information

Original name

The Current Issue of Register of Beneficial Owners of Legal Entities and Trust Funds in the Czech Republic in Connection with Implementation of 5th AML Directive

Authors

ZPĚVÁK, Aleš (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Jiří VÍŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Security Dimensions, Polsko, Wyższa Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego i Indywidualnego „Apeiron” w Krakowie, 2022, 2353-7000

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50501 Law

Country of publisher

Poland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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RIV identification code

RIV/46358978:_____/22:00000223

Organization

Univerzita Jana Amose Komenského Praha s.r.o. – Repository

Keywords in English

legal entiry;register of beneficial owners;trust fund;public administration information system;law

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 17/3/2023 14:44, Ing. Kateřina Lendrová

Abstract

V originále

As of 1 January 2019, a legal obligation came into effect for all legal entities registered in the Commercial Register to notify the registry court with local jurisdiction of their beneficial owner at the level of a natural person. Other legal entities such as associations, contributory organisations, etc. will only be impacted by this obligation on 1 January 2021. Although the obligation to state the real owner may also appear to be superfluous in the case of legal entities that have a single natural person as the sole shareholder, these obligations also apply to these. The aforementioned obligation arose for legal entities in the context of the amendment of Act No. 253/2008 Coll., on Certain Measures Against the Legalisation of Proceeds from Crime and Terrorist Financing. The aim of the translated article is to present the basic fragments of the issue of legislative requirements and pitfalls in the field of registration of beneficial owners of legal entities and trust funds.