Transparency Register

You may use the basic registration to register in the Transparency Register and administrate your access data. Advanced registration will allow you to enter beneficial owners in the Transparency Register or to inspect the Transparency Register.
You may call up advanced registration under „My data“ after logging onto the platform.

Both basic and advanced registration is free of charge.

Notifications to the transparency register held by Bundesanzeiger Verlag GmbH as the competent body (hereinafter referred to as the „registration authority“) pursuant to Sections 20 (1), 20 (2) , 21 (1) GwG are free of charge.
For the management of the transparency register, the registration authority charges an annual basic fee, Section 24 (1, 3) GwG in conjunction with Section 1 TrGebV in conjunction with No. 1. annex 1 of organizations pursuant to Section 20 (1) GwG and legal structures pursuant to Section 21 GwG. Organizations pursuant to Section 20 (1) GwG are legal persons under private law and registered partnerships, all defined by German law, meaning Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH), Aktiengesellschaft (AG), Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mit beschränkter Berufshaftung (PartG mbB), Offene Handelsgesellschaft (OHG), Unternehmergesellschaft (UG), Partnerschaftsgesellschaft (PartG), Kommanditgesellschaft (KG), der eingetragene Verein (e.V.), Europäische Aktiengesellschaft (SE), Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (KGaA), Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung & Compagnie Kommanditgesellschaft (GmbH & Co. KG) and Genossenschaft (eG).
The registration authority charges a fee for each retrieval of a document associated with inspections of the entries, Section 24 (1, 3) GwG in conjunction with Section 1 TrGebV in conjunction with annex 2.

Natural persons who are holding more than 25 percent of capital shares by themselves or together with other or controlling more than 25 percent of voting shares have to tell the necessary information to the legal representatives of associations and legal persons if they are by themselves beneficial owners pursuant to the GwG or are under direct control of a beneficial owner (§ 20 par. 3 GwG).

The representative competence can be based on legal (e.g. manager of a limited liability company) or contractual proxy (e.g. power of attorney within a client-lawyer relationship as tax consultant or lawyer).

This is necessary due to security reasons.

Please register again with the correct email address.

Please check if the email is in your spam folder. Or restart the registration, possibly with another email address.

This is only possible via the internet form under „My Data“. Condition for the accessibility of these forms is an advanced registration.

The creation of an order is only possible if you have added one or more transparency reportable legal entity/entities.

Log in to the Transparency Register with your previous access data. Under „My Data“ in the area „Access data“ you can enter a new email address. The new email address has to be activated via confirmation link as well. The current customer number remains the same.

Yes, you can cancel orders in the „Order administration“ under „My Data“ as long as the relevant entries of the beneficial owners in the Transparency Register are not yet done.

Transparency reportable legal entities are:

• Legal persons under private law and registered partnerships
• Administrators of trustees resident or based in Germany
• Custodians resident or based in Germany of the following shapings of law:
  1. Unincorporated foundations, if the foundation goal is self-serving from the point of view of the founder,
  2. Shapings of law that correspond to such foundations relating to its structure and function

A valid email address that you can use for registration must be available.

According to Section 12 TREinV the beneficial owners application for a partially or complete restriction of inspection pursuant Section 23(2) GWG must be in writing, must be justified and all documents named in the regulation must be attached. It can be submitted electronically or postally.

For postal delivery the following address must be used:

Bundesanzeiger Verlag GmbH
Transparenzregister
Postfach 10 05 34
50445 Köln

For electronic delivery the following e-mail address must be used:

antrag-beschraenkung@transparenzregister.de

Within registration of a natural person a proof of identity according to § 3 of the German Regulation [Transparenzregistereinsichtnahmeverordnung (TrEinV)] has to be uploaded. Applicable verifications are mentioned in § 3 para. 2 (1) of the TrEinV. As verification a copy of the valid ID card or passport come into question, for example.

Within registration of a non-natural person evidence must be provided in two ways.
First, a proof of identity according to § 3 of the German Regulation [Transparenzregistereinsichtnahmeverordnung (TrEinV)] has to be uploaded. Applicable verifications are mentioned in § 3 para. 2 (2) of the TrEinV. As verification a LEI or a commercial register excerpt come into question, for example.
Second, a proof that the registered person is authorized for inspection for the legal entity has to be uploaded. For companies a letter signed by a person with representative competence is applicable indicating that the registered person is allowed to inspect for the legal entity with the email address used for registration. For public authorities a letter with an official seal is necessary indicating that the registered person is allowed to inspect for the public authority with the email address used for registration.