Article 1 — Formats for submission of data on beneficial owners · Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2354 | AMLD6

1.Data on beneficial owners shall be submitted in the following formats:

(a)first name(s): a sequence of characters, letters or numbers containing all of the beneficial owner’s first names in full;

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1(1)(b)

(b)surname(s): a sequence of characters, letters or numbers containing all of the beneficial owner’s surnames in full;

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1(1)(c)

(c)place of birth: a sequence of letters or numbers;

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1(1)(d)

(d)date of birth: a date containing year, month and day, as specified in Annex II;

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1(1)(e)

(e)residential address: a sequence of characters, letters or numbers, as specified in Annex III;

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1(1)(f)

(f)country of residence: an array containing at least the countries listed in ISO 3166-1 alpha-3;

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1(1)(g)

(g)nationalities: an array, allowing multiple choices, containing at least the countries listed in ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 and a ‘stateless’ option;

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1(1)(h)

(h)type of identity document: a sequence of characters, letters or numbers;

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1(1)(i)

(i)identity document number: a sequence of characters, letters or numbers;

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1(1)(j)

(j)country issuing the identity document: an array containing at least the countries listed in ISO 3166-1 alpha-3.

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1(2)

2.By way of derogation from paragraph 1, where the beneficial owner is deceased, that fact may be indicated instead of the data specified in paragraph 1, points (c) to (j).

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1(3)

3.Data on the nature and extent of the beneficial interest and on beneficial owners shall be submitted in the following formats:

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1(3)(a)

(a)type of ownership interest in the legal entity: an array, allowing multiple choices, with at least the following options:

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1(3)(a)(i)

(i)direct ownership;

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1(3)(a)(ii)

(ii)indirect ownership;

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1(3)(b)

(b)for legal arrangements, natural persons, referred to in Article 58 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1624, that were identified as beneficial owners: an array, allowing multiple choices, with at least the following options:

(i)settlor;

(ii)trustee;

(iii)beneficiary;

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1(3)(b)(iv)

(iv)object of a power;

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1(3)(b)(v)

(v)default taker;

(vi)protector;

(vii)any other natural person exercising ultimate control over the legal arrangement by means of direct or indirect ownership or by other means, including through a chain of control or ownership;

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1(3)(c)

(c)for legal entities, natural persons, referred to in Article 57 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 that were identified as beneficial owners: an array, allowing multiple choices, with at least the following options:

(i)founder;

(ii)member of the management body in its management function;

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1(3)(c)(iii)

(iii)member of the management body in its supervisory function;

(iv)beneficiary;

(v)any other natural person directly or indirectly controlling the legal entity;

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1(3)(d)

(d)percentage of ownership interest in a corporate entity: a percentage allowing two decimal points;

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1(3)(e)

(e)nature of control over the legal entity: an array, allowing multiple choices, with at least the following options:

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1(3)(e)(i)

(i)control through ownership;

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1(3)(e)(ii)

(ii)control through voting rights;

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(iii)control through right of appointments;

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(iv)control through veto rights;

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1(3)(e)(v)

(v)control through distribution of profits;

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1(3)(e)(vi)

(vi)control through formal or informal agreements;

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1(3)(e)(vii)

(vii)control through relationships between family members;

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1(3)(e)(viii)

(viii)control of the majority of voting rights through acting in concert with others;

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1(3)(e)(ix)

(ix)control through nominee arrangements;

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1(3)(f)

(f)date as of which the beneficial interest is held: a date containing year, month and day, as specified in Annex II.

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1(4)

4.By way of derogation from paragraph 3, where the legal entity or arrangement is a collective investment undertaking, the data on the nature and extent of the beneficial interest shall be submitted in the following formats:

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1(4)(a)

(a)direct or indirect holding of the units held in the collective investment undertaking: a percentage allowing two decimal points;

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1(4)(b)

(b)ability to define or influence the investment policy of the collective investment undertaking: a sequence of characters, letters and numbers, or a file upload;

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1(4)(c)

(c)control of the activities of the collective investment undertaking through other means: a sequence of characters, letters and numbers, or a file upload.

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1(5)

5.By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 to 4 of this Article, where the necessary data is already available in or reported to another register and can be displayed to the end user in full compliance with Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 and this Regulation, the entity in charge of the central register shall reuse this data or request it in the already available and established format.

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1(6)

6.Where it is not possible to identify a beneficial owner, the justification on the reasons for the absence of a beneficial owner shall be submitted in the format of an array with at least the following options:

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1(6)(a)

(a)If a beneficial owner does not exist:

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1(6)(a)(i)

(i)the ownership of the legal entity is dispersed such that no one has a sufficient ownership interest, nor does anyone have control through other means;

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1(6)(a)(ii)

(ii)the legal entity has no legal owners by definition, and no one has a controlling interest, nor control by other means;

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1(6)(a)(iii)

(iii)the beneficial owner of the legal arrangement is deceased;

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1(6)(a)(iv)

(iv)the beneficial owner of the legal arrangement is an unborn descendant;

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1(6)(b)

(b)A beneficial owner could not be determined after exhausting all means of identification provided for under Articles 51 to 57 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1624.

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1(7)

7.Data on senior managing officials shall be submitted in accordance with the formats established in paragraph 1. The derogation laid down in paragraph 5 shall apply equally to this paragraph.

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1(8)

8.Data on the person responsible for retaining the information in cases referred to in Article 63(6) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 shall be submitted in the following formats:

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1(8)(a)

(a)identity of the person: the format shall be in accordance with the specifications in paragraph 1, points (a), (b), (h), (i) and (j) of this Article;

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1(8)(b)

(b)contact details of the person: a postal address in compliance with the format specified in Annex III, an email address or a phone number.

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