{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2244/annex/division-5/division-5.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2244/annex/division-5/division-5.1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/2244",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2244 of 17 December 2020 laying down rules for the application of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards technical specifications and procedures for the system of interconnection of registers and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/884 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2244",
  "path": "annex/division/5/division/5.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5.1",
  "heading": "Branch disclosure notification",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Annex, the exchange of information between registers set out in Articles 20 and 34 of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 shall be referred to as ‘branch disclosure notification’. The proceeding triggering that notification shall be referred to as ‘branch disclosure event’.\nFor each branch disclosure notification referred to in point 4.1, Member States shall exchange the following data:\nCardinality 0 means that the data is optional. Cardinality 1 means that the data is mandatory. Cardinality 0…n or 1…n means that more than one piece of the same type of data may be provided.\nData type\nDescription\nCardinality\nAdditional description\nIssuance Date and Time\nDate and time when the notification was sent\n1\nDate and Time\nIssuing Organisation\nName/Identifier of the organisation that issues this notification\n1\nParty data structure\nLegislation Reference\nReference to relevant national or Union legislation\n0…n\nText\nProceeding-related data\n1\nGroup of Elements\nEffective Date\nDate when the proceeding affecting the company has come into effect\n1\nDate\nProceeding Type\nType of proceeding leading to a branch disclosure event as referred to in Article 20 of Directive (EU) 2017/1132\n1\nCode\n(Winding-up Opening\nWinding-up Termination\nWinding-up Opening and Termination\nWinding-up Revocation\nInsolvency Opening\nInsolvency Termination\nInsolvency Opening and Termination\nInsolvency Revocation\nStriking-off)\nCompany data\n1\nGroup of Elements\nEUID\nUnique identifier of the company making subject of this notification\n1\nIdentifier\nSee section 8 of this Annex for structure of the EUID\nAlternate ID\nOther identifiers of the company (e.g. Legal Entity Identifier)\n0…n\nIdentifier\nLegal form\nType of legal form\n1\nCode\nAs referred to in Annex II to Directive (EU) 2017/1132\nName\nName of the company making subject of this notification\n1\nText\nRegistered Office\nRegistered office of the company\n1\nText\nRegister Name\nName of the register where the company is registered\n1\nText\nThe notification message may also include technical data necessary for the proper transmission of the message.\nThe exchange of information shall also include technical messages necessary for the acknowledgement of receipt, logging and reporting purposes.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Cardinality 0 means that the data is optional. Cardinality 1 means that the data is mandatory. Cardinality 0…n or 1…n means that more than one piece of the same type of data may be provided."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/2244/annex/division/5/division/5.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:09.835601+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}