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Article 15 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 15 Up-to-date registers 1. Member States shall have in place procedures to ensure that the documents and information regarding companies listed in Annexes II and IIB stored in the registers referred to in Article 16 are kept up to date. 2. The procedures referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide at least that: 3. Member States shall have in place procedures to verify, where doubts exist, whether companies listed in Annexes II and IIB fulfil the requirements to continue to be registered. The rules governing those procedures shall include the possibility for a company to correct the relevant information within a reasonable period, ensure that the status of a company, such as when it is closed, struck off the register, wound up, dissolved, undergoing insolvency proceedings, economically active or inactive as defined in national law and where it is recorded in the national register, is updated in the register accordingly and, where justified, include a possibility that companies are struck off from the register in line with national law.’ ; any changes to the documents and information regarding companies listed in Annexes II and IIB are to be filed with the register, within a period not exceeding 15 working days from the date those changes were made; this period shall not apply to changes to the accounting documents referred to in Article 14, point (f), and Article 14a point (k); any changes to the documents and information regarding companies listed in Annexes II and IIB are entered in the register and are disclosed, in accordance with Article 16(3), within 10 working days from the date of completion of all formalities required for the filing of those changes, including the receipt of all documents and information, which comply with national law; exceptionally, that deadline may be extended by 5 working days; registers may consult other relevant authorities or registers within the procedural framework laid down in national law in order to verify specific company information.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.