Europe remains the region furthest advanced with the implementation of central beneficial ownership registers. Progress has been driven by European Union (EU) Member States, and others including the United Kingdom (UK) and Ukraine. Open Ownership has worked with governments in EU Member States to advance the implementation of reforms, including Latvia and Slovakia, and has provided advice and technical expertise to early movers to implement registers, including Ukraine and the UK, the first two countries in the world to implement public beneficial ownership registers. Open Ownership continues to engage with various implementing agencies in Europe, including Norway and the UK, and aims to ensure the effective implementation of beneficial ownership transparency reforms in the EU under the 2024 Anti-Money Laundering Package. Open Ownership also works with partners in the private sector and civil society to shape the future trajectory of reforms within and beyond the European region.
Countries in the region
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Albania
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Andorra
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Austria
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Belarus
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Belgium
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Bulgaria
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Croatia
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Cyprus
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Czech Republic
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Denmark
Open Ownership has mapped beneficial ownership data from the Danish Central Business Register to the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard and republishes it each month for anyone to reuse and analyse.
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Estonia
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Finland
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France
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Georgia
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Germany
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Greece
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Greenland
Open Ownership has mapped beneficial ownership data from the Danish Central Business Register - which also hosts Greenland's data - to the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard and republishes it each month for anyone to reuse and analyse.
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Hungary
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Iceland
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Ireland
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Italy
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Latvia
Open Ownership has worked with the Register of Enterprises team to publish its beneficial ownership data in line with the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard.
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Liechtenstein
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Lithuania
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Luxembourg
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Malta
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Monaco
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Montenegro
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Netherlands
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North Macedonia
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Norway
Open Ownership engaged with Norway through its Open Government Partnership membership.
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Poland
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Portugal
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Republic of Moldova
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Romania
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Russian Federation
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San Marino
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Serbia
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Slovak Republic
Open Ownership has mapped beneficial ownership data from the Slovakian Public Sector Partners Register to the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard and republishes it each month for anyone to reuse and analyse.
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Slovenia
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Spain
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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Ukraine
Open Ownership is supporting Ukraine's recovery efforts by supporting use of beneficial ownership information in the Digital Restoration Ecosystem for Accountable Management (DREAM) system, and through engaging in relevant fora led by local actors.
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Open Ownership is closely involved in providing evidence, advice, and data analysis to support implementation and improvement of beneficial ownership transparency in the United Kingdom (UK), and is a member of the UK Illicit Finance Working Group.