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Formalities
Beneficial Ownership Non-Declaration: Clerks can now remove the business from the CHN
Publié le 26 septembre 2025 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
In order to combat fraud, the Law of 13 June 2025 expands the role of the Registrar of the Commercial Court in the control of information relating to the declaration of beneficial owners.
In order to ensure the reliability of the information contained in the register of beneficial owners, the Law of 13 June 2025 gives the Registrar of the Commercial Court the possibility to ex officio delisting from RCS: titleContent any business that has not reported to the SCR or brought the information on its beneficial owners into line. Until now, only a penalty order could compel the businesses concerned to comply.
Cancelation shall take place within 3 months of a formal notice sent to the business by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.
The registrar who proceeds with the removal must inform the public prosecutor and theInpi: titleContent, operator of the National Register of companies (RNE).
Please note
The removal from the RCS complements the criminal sanctions to which the legal representative of the business is exposed (6 months imprisonment and a fine of €7,500) and the business (a fine of €37,500 maximum and additional penalties).