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or\n\n<a id=\"p-b\"></a>**(b)** control, directly or indirectly, the corporate or other legal entity, through ownership interest or via other means.\n\nControl via other means as referred to in the first paragraph, point (b), shall be identified independently of and in parallel to the existence of an ownership interest or control through ownership interest.\n\n***\n\n[Chapter IV — Beneficial ownership transparency](../chapters/iv.md) · [← Article 50](50.md) · [Article 52 →](52.md)\n"}