Recently issued Ministerial Decision No. 125209/2022 regulates matters of access to the Central Registry of Beneficial Owners (the “Registry”) provided by articles 20 and 21 of Law 4557/2018 as in force.
In particular, the right of access to the Registry and the information included therein is granted to:
- the Anti-Money Laundering Authority without prior notice;
- the competent public prosecution authorities with investigating or auditing responsibilities in the field of anti-money laundering;
- the competent authorities stated in article 6 of the Law;
- the obliged persons of article 5 of the Law only for the purposes of customer due diligence measures and upon proving the customer relationship by a statement attached to the respective form, and
- the public, but only limited to specific details of the beneficial owners, such as name, surname etc. The right of access may be extended to other information that enables identification of the beneficial owners only if specific legal interest is proved and upon public prosecutor's order.
Access to the Registry can be performed for a fee payable online amounting to:
- €120 annually for obliged persons and
- €5 per search for the public.
The access to the Registry will become effective:
- on 1 November 2022 for obliged persons and
- on 1 December 2022 for the general public.