Recital 29

(29) Companies often face difficulties and administrative barriers in relation to the use of company information, which is already available in their national business register, in cross-border situations, including when dealing with competent authorities or in judicial proceedings in another Member State. The company data available in the business register of one Member State are often not accepted in another Member State without burdensome formalities that generate costs and delays. Therefore, in order to facilitate cross-border activities in the internal market, Member States should ensure that no legalisation or similar formality, such as an apostille, is required in respect of certified copies of documents and information related to companies obtained from registers. The same approach should also be applied to documents and information exchanged through the system of interconnection of registers, such as pre-operation certificates, as well as for notarial acts or administrative documents for procedures within the scope of this Directive which are used in a cross-border context. Such procedures include the formation of companies and the registration of branches in another Member State, cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions.

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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.