# The Company and Business Names (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009, Paragraph 4


(1) Taking the name remaining after the application of paragraphs 2 and 3, disregard at the end of the name the matters set out in inverted commas in sub-paragraph (2) (or any combination of such matters) where the matter (or combination) is preceded by the following punctuation or symbol in inverted commas—
(a) a blank space;
(b) a full stop; or
(c) “@”.
(2) The matters are—
(a) “BIZ”;
(b) “CO”;
(c) “CO UK”;
(d) “CO.UK”;
(e) “COM”;
(f) “COMPANY”;
(g) “EU”;
(h) “EXPORTS”;
(i) “GB”;
(j) “GREAT BRITAIN”;
(k) “GROUP”;
(l) “HOLDINGS”;
(m) “IMPORTS”;
(n) “INTERNATIONAL”;
(o) “NET”;
(p) “NI”;
(q) “NORTHERN IRELAND”;
(r) “ORG”;
(s) “ORG UK”;
(t) “ORG.UK”;
(u) “SERVICES”;
(v) “UK”;
(w) “UNITED KINGDOM”;
(x) “WALES”;
(y) “ALLFORION”;
(z) “CWMNI”;
(aa) “CYM”;
(bb) “CYMRU”;
(cc) “CYNHEILIAID”;
(dd) “CYRDDAU”;
(ee) “DALIADAU”;
(ff) “DU”;
(gg) “GRWP”;
(hh) “GWASANAETHAU”;
(ii) “MEWNFORION”;
(jj) “PF”;
(kk) “PRYDAIN FAWR”;
(ll) “RHYNGWLADOL”;
(mm) “RYNGWLADOL”; and
(nn) “Y DEYRNAS UNEDIG”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1085/schedule/3/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/company-and-business-names-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2009/schedule-3/paragraph-4
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