As of 17 December 2025, the Register of beneficial owners (ESM) is no longer freely accessible to the public
Data on beneficial owners remain available, in particular, to public authorities and obliged entities under AML regulations (e.g. banks or lawyers) via remote access and to those who demonstrate a legitimate interest. The change was made in response to the case law of the Czech supreme courts, following a ruling by the Court of Justice of the EU, according to which unrestricted public access constituted an unreasonable intrusion on privacy. The obligation of companies to have the beneficial owner duly registered and to update the data on an ongoing basis remains unaffected.
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