{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2244/annex/division-5/division-5.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2244/annex/division-5/division-5.4.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/5.4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5.4",
  "heading": "Notification on changes to documents and information of the company",
  "text": "For each notification on changes to documents and information of the company referred to in point 4.4, 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\nRecipient Organisation\nName/Identifier of the register where the branch is registered\n1\nParty data structure\nLegislation Reference\nReference to relevant national or Union legislation\n0…n\nText\nProceedings-related data\n1\nGroup of Elements\nProceedings Type\nType of proceeding leading to a notification on changes to documents and information of the company\n1\n(a) change in the company’s name;\n(b) change in the company’s registered office;\n(c) change in the company’s registration number in the register;\n(d) change in the company’s legal form;\n(e) change in the documents and information referred to in point (d) of Article 14;\n(f) change in the documents and information referred to in point (f) of Article 14\nDate of registration\nDate when the change to documents and information of the company was registered\n1\nDate\nEffective date\nDate when the change to documents and information of the company takes effect, if available\n0\nDate\nRelevant data to be updated, depending on the Proceeding Type\nChange in the company data\n1\nOne of the following:\n(a) company’s new name and the previous name\n(b) company’s new registered office and the previous registered office;\n(c) company’s new registration number in the register and the previous registration number;\n(d) company’s new legal form and the previous legal form;\n(e) New documents and information referred to in point (d) of Article 14 (attachments possible), which shall include the following data:\nwhether it is a natural person or legal person.\nIn case of a natural person\nName, surname,\ndate of birth if available, otherwise the national identification number,\nIn case of a legal person:\nname of the company\nEUID of the company or, if available, other registration number if not a company listed in Annex II to Directive (EU) 2017/1132,\nlegal form\nNotwithstanding whether it is a natural person or legal person:\nAddress (if available in the register).\nwhether it is an appointment or a termination, or an update to an existing appointment\nwhether the person falls under Article 14(d) (i) or 14(d) (ii),\nin case of persons falling under 14(d) (i), whether alone or joint representation with the option to provide additional information, if needed, in a document or text, or, in other cases, a description provided in a document or a text\ntitle\noption to provide a document or a text describing possible restrictions to the power of representation (e.g. value and type of business).\noption to provide only documents for the persons falling under Art 14(d)(ii)\n(f) new documents and information referred to in point (f) of Article 14 (attachments possible), which shall include the following metadata: financial year.\nAdditional data to be, provided optionally regarding point (d) of Article 14\nChange in the company data\n0…n\nOptional data:\nNational personal identification number\nNumber of identification document (ID card, passport)\nNationality/ies\nPlace of birth\nCompany data\n1\nGroup of Elements\nEUID\nUnique identifier of the company to which the branch belongs\n1\nIdentifier\nAlternate ID\nOther identifiers of the company (e.g. Legal Entity Identifier)\n0…n\nIdentifier\nThe new documents and information referred to in point (f) of Article 14 of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 shall not be sent to the register of the branch if the Member State in question applies the option referred to in the second paragraph of Article 31 of that Directive.\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/5.4",
    "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."
}