• 07/10/2022

Access to public authorities and liable persons to the data registered in the Central Register of Beneficial Beneficiaries

More specifically, the Laundering Authority as well as the competent auditing authorities will have direct access, without any restrictions and without prior notification to the person concerned, to the data registered in the Central Registry. In addition, the obliged persons will also have direct access, without any restriction and without prior notification to the person concerned, to the above data exclusively for the purposes of exercising due diligence measures regarding their customers, in accordance with what is defined in Law. 4557/2018, after first proving the customer relationship, its type and its duration. Furthermore, in the case of legal entities that hold a percentage of shares or ownership rights of other legal entities, the obliged entities will only have access to the details of the final beneficial owners. An annual fee of 120 euros is set for the access of liable persons to the Central Registry, while a fee of 5 euros per search is set for natural persons. Finally, the start of production operation of the access to the Central Registry for the obliged persons starts on 1/11/2022 and for the general public on 1/12/2022.