--- title: "Article 51 — Identification of beneficial owners for legal entities" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R1624" source_retrieved: 2026-09-29 shortTitle: "Article 51 — Identification of beneficial owners for legal entities" instrument_type: level1_regulation authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: "Regulation (EU) 2024/1624" instrument: amlr celex: "32024R1624" regulation: AMLR regulation-full: "Regulation (EU) 2024/1624" article: 51 status: in_force object_id: eu.amlr.legal_text.article.51 text_version: "Regulation (EU) 2024/1624, OJ L, 2024/1624, 19.6.2024" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1624/oj/eng" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-10-26 --- *In force · applies from 10 Jul 2027 · Regulation (EU) 2024/1624, OJ L, 2024/1624, 19.6.2024 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1624/oj/eng)* Beneficial owners of legal entities shall be the natural persons who: **(a)** have, directly or indirectly, an ownership interest in the corporate entity; or **(b)** control, directly or indirectly, the corporate or other legal entity, through ownership interest or via other means. Control 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. *** [Chapter IV — Beneficial ownership transparency](../chapters/iv.md) · [← Article 50](50.md) · [Article 52 →](52.md)