The Central Register of Beneficial Ownership of Companies and Industrial and Provident Societies (RBO) is the central location for the submission of all statutory information on the Beneficial Ownership of Irish companies and Industrial and Provident Societies (I&Ps) under the EU’s 4th and 5th Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Directive.
The RBO Unit deals with the submission and registration of all Beneficial Ownership details for companies and I&Ps and to make available in a limited capacity for inspection by the public, Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs), State Competent Authorities (SCAs), compliance officers and other obliged entities.
The Mission Statement of the RBO is to ensure a high level of filing compliance, with the assurance that the information provided to us complies with the relevant statutory provisions and that the information supplied by us accurately reflects that provided.
The RBO Unit is committed to delivering the highest quality service to our customers and to ensuring continuous improvement in the standard of service that we provide.
The Office deals with the registration of beneficial ownership of all Irish companies and I&Ps and making available in a limited capacity such details for inspection. We will endeavour to:
- Register new and amended beneficial ownership details within 10 working days
- Notify all Data Subjects in instances where an error in the submission process has occurred within 10 working days – Letters to issues within one working day of any errors reported.
- Respond to email queries within 10 working days.