That Transparency register is an electronic register required by law in Germany that contains information on the beneficial owners of legal entities and certain legal structures. It was introduced to implement EU money laundering directives and is intended to combat money laundering and terrorist financing by making the ownership and control structures of companies transparent. As Beneficial owner is any natural person who directly or indirectly controls more than 25 per cent of the capital shares or voting rights or exercises control in a comparable manner. Almost all legal entities under private law (e.g. GmbH, AG) and registered partnerships are obliged to report their beneficial owners to the transparency register. Unlike the disclosure obligation, which focuses on financial figures, the transparency register focusses on the persons behind it. Compliance with these reporting obligations is part of the general Compliance of a company. Shareholder data can be managed in ERP extensions such as the Versino Financial Suite, which also offer contract management functions.
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