Records last updated: 04 April 2024
Committed to one or more
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Live registerFollowing the launch of one or more beneficial ownership registers, a country is labelled as Live register.
Implemented one or more
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Implementation details
National Institute of Industrial Property
- Name
- National Institute of Industrial Property
- Scope
- Full-economy
- Register launched
- 2018
- Threshold used to determine beneficial ownership
- 25%
- Structured data publicly available
- Yes
- Published as BODS
- No
- Available via API
- Yes
Commitment details
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- At the 2016 UK Anti-Corruption Summit, France made a commitment to beneficial ownership disclosure. [12 May 2016] link to commitment
- France has included a commitment in an Open Government Partnership National Action Plan to beneficial ownership transparency [01 January 2018] link to commitment
- As a European Union member, France was obliged to create a central, public register of beneficial ownership as part of the EU’s fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive. Following the judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union on 22 November 2022, member states are no longer required to provide public access, and are instead required to, at a minimum, provide access to those that can demonstrate a legitimate interest. [19 April 2018] link to commitment
