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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2244Show full title
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2244 of 17 December 2020 laying down rules for the application of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards technical specifications and procedures for the system of interconnection of registers and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/884 (Text with EEA relevance)
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5. List of data to be exchanged between registers U.K.
5.1. Branch disclosure notification U.K.
For the purposes of this Annex, the exchange of information between registers set out in Articles 20 and 34 of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 shall be referred to as ‘branch disclosure notification’. The proceeding triggering that notification shall be referred to as ‘branch disclosure event’.
For each branch disclosure notification referred to in point 4.1, Member States shall exchange the following data:
| a Cardinality 0 means that the data is optional. Cardinality 1 means that the data is mandatory. Cardinality 0…n or 1…n means that more than one piece of the same type of data may be provided. | |||
| Data type | Description | Cardinalitya | Additional description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Issuance Date and Time | Date and time when the notification was sent | 1 | Date and Time |
| Issuing Organisation | Name/Identifier of the organisation that issues this notification | 1 | Party data structure |
| Legislation Reference | Reference to relevant national or Union legislation | 0…n | Text |
| Proceeding-related data | 1 | Group of Elements | |
| Effective Date | Date when the proceeding affecting the company has come into effect | 1 | Date |
| Proceeding Type | Type of proceeding leading to a branch disclosure event as referred to in Article 20 of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 | 1 | Code (Winding-up Opening Winding-up Termination Winding-up Opening and Termination Winding-up Revocation Insolvency Opening Insolvency Termination Insolvency Opening and Termination Insolvency Revocation Striking-off) |
| Company data | 1 | Group of Elements | |
| EUID | Unique identifier of the company making subject of this notification | 1 | Identifier See section 8 of this Annex for structure of the EUID |
| Alternate ID | Other identifiers of the company (e.g. Legal Entity Identifier) | 0…n | Identifier |
| Legal form | Type of legal form | 1 | Code As referred to in Annex II to Directive (EU) 2017/1132 |
| Name | Name of the company making subject of this notification | 1 | Text |
| Registered Office | Registered office of the company | 1 | Text |
| Register Name | Name of the register where the company is registered | 1 | Text |
The notification message may also include technical data necessary for the proper transmission of the message.
The exchange of information shall also include technical messages necessary for the acknowledgement of receipt, logging and reporting purposes.
5.2. Branch registration notification U.K.
For each branch registration notification referred to in point 4.2, Member States shall exchange the following data:
| a Cardinality 0 means that the data is optional. Cardinality 1 means that the data is mandatory. Cardinality 0…n or 1…n means that more than one piece of the same type of data may be provided. | |||
| Data type | Description | Cardinalitya | Additional description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Issuance Date and Time | Date and time when the notification was sent | 1 | Date and Time |
| Issuing Organisation | Name/Identifier of the organisation that issues this notification | 1 | Party data structure |
| Recipient Organisation | Name/Identifier of the register where the company is registered | 1 | Party data structure |
| Legislation Reference | Reference to relevant national or Union legislation | 0…n | Text |
| Branch data | 1 | Group of Elements | |
| Date of registration | Date when the branch was registered. | 1 | Date |
| Effective date | Date when the opening of the branch becomes effective, if available | 0 | Date |
| Name of the branch if it is different from the company name | Name of the branch subject of the notification. If it is the same as the company this field should be left empty | 0 | Text As referred to in Article 30(1)(d) of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 |
| Additional names of the branch | If the branch has more than one name, the additional names can be included. | 0…n | Text |
| EUID | Unique identifier of the branch subject of this notification | 1 | Identifier |
| Address of the branch | Address of the branch subject of the notification | 1 | Full address |
| Company data | 1 | Group of Elements | |
| EUID | Unique identifier of the company to which the branch belongs | 1 | Identifier |
| Alternate ID | Other identifiers of the company (e.g. Legal Entity Identifier) | 0…n | Identifier |
| Legal form | Type of legal form | 0 | Code As referred to in Annex II to Directive (EU) 2017/1132 |
| Name | Name of the company subject of this notification | 0 | Text |
The notification message may also include technical data necessary for the proper transmission of the message.
The exchange of information shall also include technical messages necessary for the acknowledgement of receipt, logging and reporting purposes.
5.3. Branch closure notification U.K.
For each branch closure notification referred to in point 4.3, Member States shall exchange the following data:
| a Cardinality 0 means that the data is optional. Cardinality 1 means that the data is mandatory. Cardinality 0…n or 1…n means that more than one piece of the same type of data may be provided. | |||
| Data type | Description | Cardinalitya | Additional description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Issuance Date and Time | Date and time when the notification was sent | 1 | Date and Time |
| Issuing Organisation | Name/Identifier of the organisation that issues this notification | 1 | Party data structure |
| Recipient Organisation | Name/Identifier of the register where the company is registered | 1 | Party data structure |
| Legislation Reference | Reference to relevant national or Union legislation | 0…n | Text |
| Branch data | 1 | Group of Elements | |
| Date of striking off of the branch from the register | Date when the branch was stricken off from the register | 1 | Date |
| Effective date | Date when the closure of the branch becomes effective, if available | 0 | Date |
| Name of the branch if it is different from the company name | Name of the branch subject of the notification. If it is the same as the company this field should be left empty | 0 | Text As referred to in Article 30(1)(d) of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 |
| Additional names of the branch | If the branch has more than one name, the additional names can be included. | 0…n | Text |
| EUID | Unique identifier of the branch subject of this notification | 1 | Identifier |
| Company data | 1 | Group of Elements | |
| EUID | Unique identifier of the company to which the branch belongs to | 1 | Identifier |
| Alternate ID | Other identifiers of the company (e.g. Legal Entity Identifier) | 0…n | Identifier |
| Legal form | Type of legal form | 0 | Code As referred to in in Annex II to Directive (EU) 2017/1132 |
| Name | Name of the company subject of this notification | 0 | Text |
The notification message may also include technical data necessary for the proper transmission of the message.
The exchange of information shall also include technical messages necessary for the acknowledgement of receipt, logging and reporting purposes.
5.4. Notification on changes to documents and information of the company U.K.
For each notification on changes to documents and information of the company referred to in point 4.4, Member States shall exchange the following data:
| a Cardinality 0 means that the data is optional. Cardinality 1 means that the data is mandatory. Cardinality 0…n or 1…n means that more than one piece of the same type of data may be provided. | |||
| Data type | Description | Cardinalitya | Additional description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Issuance Date and Time | Date and time when the notification was sent | 1 | Date and Time |
| Issuing Organisation | Name/Identifier of the organisation that issues this notification | 1 | Party data structure |
| Recipient Organisation | Name/Identifier of the register where the branch is registered | 1 | Party data structure |
| Legislation Reference | Reference to relevant national or Union legislation | 0…n | Text |
| Proceedings-related data | 1 | Group of Elements | |
| Proceedings Type | Type of proceeding leading to a notification on changes to documents and information of the company | 1 | (a) change in the company’s name; (b) change in the company’s registered office; (c) change in the company’s registration number in the register; (d) change in the company’s legal form; (e) change in the documents and information referred to in point (d) of Article 14; (f) change in the documents and information referred to in point (f) of Article 14 |
| Date of registration | Date when the change to documents and information of the company was registered | 1 | Date |
| Effective date | Date when the change to documents and information of the company takes effect, if available | 0 | Date |
| Relevant data to be updated, depending on the Proceeding Type | Change in the company data | 1 | One of the following: (a) company’s new name and the previous name (b) company’s new registered office and the previous registered office; (c) company’s new registration number in the register and the previous registration number; (d) company’s new legal form and the previous legal form; (e) New documents and information referred to in point (d) of Article 14 (attachments possible), which shall include the following data:
(f) new documents and information referred to in point (f) of Article 14 (attachments possible), which shall include the following metadata: financial year. |
| Additional data to be, provided optionally regarding point (d) of Article 14 | Change in the company data | 0…n | Optional data:
|
| Company data | 1 | Group of Elements | |
| EUID | Unique identifier of the company to which the branch belongs | 1 | Identifier |
| Alternate ID | Other identifiers of the company (e.g. Legal Entity Identifier) | 0…n | Identifier |
The new documents and information referred to in point (f) of Article 14 of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 shall not be sent to the register of the branch if the Member State in question applies the option referred to in the second paragraph of Article 31 of that Directive.
The notification message may also include technical data necessary for the proper transmission of the message.
The exchange of information shall also include technical messages necessary for the acknowledgement of receipt, logging and reporting purposes.
5.5. Cross-border merger notification U.K.
For the purposes of this Annex, the exchange of information between registers as referred to in Article 130 of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 shall be referred to as ‘cross-border merger notification’. For each cross-border merger notification referred to in Article 130 of Directive (EU) 2017/1132, Member States shall exchange the following data:
| a Cardinality 0 means that the data is optional. Cardinality 1 means that the data is mandatory. Cardinality 0…n or 1…n means that more than one piece of the same type of data may be provided. | |||
| Data type | Description | Cardinalitya | Additional description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Issuance Date Time | Date and time when the notification was sent | 1 | Date and Time |
| Issuing Organisation | Organisation that issued this notification | 1 | Party data structure |
| Recipient Organisation | Organisation this notification is addressed to | 1 | Party data structure |
| Legislation Reference | Reference to relevant national or Union legislation | 0…n | Text |
| Merger-related data | 1 | Group of Elements | |
| Effective Date | Date when the merger became effective | 1 | Date |
| Merger Type | Type of merger as defined by Article 119(2) of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 | 1 | Code (Cross-border merger by acquisition Cross-border merger by formation of new company Cross-border merger of wholly owned company) |
| Resulting company | 1 | Group of Elements | |
| EUID | Unique identifier of the company resulting from the merger | 1 | Identifier See section 8 of this Annex for structure of the EUID |
| Alternate IDs | Other identifiers | 0…n | Identifier |
| Legal form | Type of legal form | 1 | Code As referred to in Annex II to Directive (EU) 2017/1132 |
| Name | Name of the company resulting from the merger | 1 | Text |
| Registered Office | Registered office of the company resulting from the merger | 1 | Text |
| Register Name | Name of the register where the company resulting from the merger was registered | 1 | Text |
| Merging Company | 1…n | Group of Elements | |
| EUID | Unique identifier of the company being merged | 1 | Identifier See section 8 of this Annex for structure of the EUID |
| Alternate IDs | Other identifiers | 0…n | Identifier |
| Legal Form | Type of legal form | 1 | Code As referred to in Annex II to Directive (EU) 2017/1132 |
| Name | Name of the company taking part in the merger | 1 | Text |
| Registered Office | Registered office of the company taking part in the merger | 0…1 | Text |
| Register Name | Register where the merging company was registered | 1 | Text |
The notification message may also include technical data necessary for the proper transmission of the message.
The exchange of information shall also include technical messages necessary for the acknowledgement of receipt, logging and reporting purposes.
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