Companies Law No. 22 of 1997 and its amendments; the Department's website cites the amended Companies Law No. 40 of 2002 for its independence and affiliation
A financially and administratively independent national institution affiliated with the Minister of Industry and Trade.
What they do
Registers and supervises companies under the Companies Law. Its website has a beneficial owner section with a definition of the beneficial owner and guidance, and Art. 22 of the AML/CFT Law requires bodies that establish or license legal persons to hold beneficial ownership information.
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