availability of company beneficial ownership (BO) information in EU member states

	No centralised BO register for all companies or centralised register accessible only to public authorities and/or obliged entities	Centralised BO register accessible to members of general public that can demonstrate legitimate interest	Centralised BO register accessible only to residents or citizens of certain member states	Centralised BO register, accessible only if you have company’s identification number (such as tax ID)	Centralised BO register for which you have to register to search or access BO information	Centralised register with a paywall to search or access BO information	Public BO register which anyone can access for free without registering or via an easy registration process
Country
Austria						x
Belgium			x		x	x
Bulgaria							x
Croatia			x		x
Cyprus	x
Czechia		x
Denmark							x
Estonia						x
Finland		x				x
France		x
Germany					x	x
Greece	x
Hungary	x
Ireland					x	x
Italy	x
Latvia							x
Lithuania	x
Luxembourg							x
Malta	x¹
Netherlands	x
Poland				x
Portugal		x	x	x	x
Romania		x
Slovakia	x
Slovenia							x
Spain		x
Sweden			x		x	x
United Kingdom							x

1. Malta does have a beneficial ownership register for companies, but the terms and conditions require you state that you are using the register for customer due diligence purposes which is not compliant with the 4th AML Directive