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Directive (EU) 2025/25 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2024 amending Directives 2009/102/EC and (EU) 2017/1132 as regards further expanding and upgrading the use of digital tools and processes in company law (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

Article 28a is amended as follows: in paragraph 4, point (c) is replaced by the following: ; verify the legality of the documents and information submitted for the registration of the branch, with the exception of the documents and information retrieved from the register of the company in accordance with paragraph 5a;’ in paragraph 5, the first subparagraph is deleted; the following paragraph is inserted: ‘5a. Member States shall ensure that, where a company listed in Annexes II or IIB registers a branch in another Member State, that company is not subject to requests to provide documents and information relevant for the registration procedure that are available in the register of the Member State where that company is registered. Member States shall ensure that the register of the Member State where the branch is being registered retrieves such documents and information by means of exchange of information through the system of interconnection of registers. That register may retrieve the EU Company Certificate under Article 16b. The register of the Member State where the branch is being registered may also directly access documents and information that are available in the system of interconnection of registers via the portal, or in the register of the Member State in which the company registering the branch is registered. Where any authority or person or body is mandated under national law to deal with any aspect of the registration of a branch, and the documents and information referred to in the first subparagraph are needed for the performance of such tasks, the register of the Member State where the branch is being registered shall, upon request, provide the documents and information retrieved pursuant to the first subparagraph to that authority, person or body, unless such documents and information are publicly available free of charge through the system of interconnection of registers.’ ;

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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.