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    Over 22,000 companies have still not filed a notification of beneficial owners – the PRH will send a reminder letter to those who have failed to comply with the requirement

    More than 22,000 limited liability companies and co-operatives have not filed details of their beneficial owners with the Finnish Trade Register, even though they have been obliged to do so since summer 2020. The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Trade Register, will send a reminder letter to these companies in the summer or early autumn. If the notification of beneficial owners is not filed by the deadline, a negligence fee of 300 euros will be imposed on the company.Most companies must file details of their beneficial owners with the Finnish Trade Register.

    PRH requests investigation of suspected scam site

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) has asked the police to investigate a suspected scam website with the address traderegistry.fi. The website has been published in several languages, including Finnish, and its title is Finland Trade Registry.The website poses as an information service and gives the impression that it is possible to search for and buy Trade Register extracts and companies’ articles of associations, financial statements and other documents on the site. The document prices vary from several dozen to a few hundred euros. The PRH always wants to warn its

    PRH has been one of the few PCT authorities for 20 years

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) has worked as a searching authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) for 20 years. When the PRH became a searching authority on 1 April 2005, there were only 11 other such authorities: USA, Canada, Russia, Spain, Japan, Australia, China, Republic of Korea, Austria, Sweden, and the European Patent Office (EPO). Today, there are 25 searching authorities. Thanks to the PCT system, an international patent procedure can be started by filing a single application, which gives the applicant the option of a patent in all the 158 countries

    PRH and Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment: Amendments to Finnish Trade Register legislation are being prepared

    The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice and the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), has assessed the need to amend the legislation on the Finnish Trade Register. The current legislation has led to situations where reinstating companies, that have been removed from the Finnish Trade Register following a failure to provide statutory information, has not been possible, even though the company’s failure to provide information was unintentional.“We will prepare the legislative amendment soon. The PRH will also suspend the removal of

    PRH has deregistered companies that have not filed their financial statements for registration

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) has removed from the Finnish Trade Register about 3,600 limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration.Deregistration means that the business is out of action. The deregistered companies had not filed their financial statements despite reminder letters. The PRH had also informed the companies of the procedure using a number of communication channels. See the list of the companies deregistered on 19 August 2024 on the prh.fi website: · Read more about the deregistered

    47,000 companies have not filed their beneficial owner details – the PRH deregisters companies that have not filed their beneficial owner details by 20 November 2024

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister companies that have not filed their beneficial owner details despite requests to do so. This week, the PRH made an entry in the Finnish Trade Register of limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their beneficial owner details despite the request. These companies will be ordered into liquidation or removed from the Finnish Trade Register if they do not file their notification of beneficial owners by 20 November 2024.Deregistration will take place in December

    47,000 companies have not filed their beneficial owner details – may now risk deregistration

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister companies that have not filed their beneficial owner details despite requests to do so. This week, the PRH sent reminder letters to thousands of limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their beneficial owner details. The PRH may deregister these companies if they – despite reminders – do not file their beneficial owner details by the deadline.According to the Finnish Trade Register Act, all limited liability companies and co-operatives must file details of

    47,000 companies have not filed their beneficial owner details – may now risk deregistration

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister companies that have not filed their beneficial owner details despite requests to do so. This week, the PRH sent reminder letters to thousands of limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their beneficial owner details. The PRH may deregister these companies if they – despite reminders – do not file their beneficial owner details by the deadline.According to the Finnish Trade Register Act, all limited liability companies and co-operatives must file details of

    60,000 companies have not filed their beneficial owner details – the PRH deregisters companies that have not filed their beneficial owner details by 25 September 2024

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister companies that have not filed their beneficial owner details despite requests to do so. This week, the PRH made an entry in the Finnish Trade Register of limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their beneficial owner details despite the request. These companies will be ordered into liquidation or removed from the Finnish Trade Register if they do not file their notification of beneficial owners by 25 September 2024.Deregistration will take place in October

    60,000 companies have not filed their beneficial owner details – may now risk deregistration

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister companies that have not filed their beneficial owner details despite requests to do so. This week, the PRH sent reminder letters to thousands of limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their beneficial owner details. The PRH may deregister these companies if they – despite reminders – do not file their beneficial owner details by the deadline.According to the Finnish Trade Register Act, all limited liability companies and co-operatives must file details of

    PRH has deregistered companies that have not filed their financial statements for registration

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) has removed from the Finnish Trade Register circa 900 limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration.Deregistration means that the business is out of action. The deregistered companies had not filed their financial statements despite reminder letters. The PRH had also informed the companies of the procedure using a number of communication channels. See the list of the companies deregistered on 29 May 2024 on the prh.fi website: · Read more about the deregistered

    Limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed financial statements risk being struck off the Trade Register

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister or place into receivership limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration. The third deregistration in 2024 now includes circa 4.700 limited liability companies and co-operatives.The companies in the third deregistration must file their financial statements with the Trade Register by 11 September 2024. See the list of the companies in the deregistration (a reminder recorded on 27.5.2024): · Go to the prh.fi

    60,000 companies have not filed their beneficial owner details – may now risk deregistration

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister companies that have not filed their beneficial owner details despite requests to do so.This week, the PRH sent reminder letters to thousands of limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their beneficial owner details. The PRH may deregister these companies if they – despite reminders – do not file their beneficial owner details by the deadline. According to the Finnish Trade Register Act, all limited liability companies and co-operatives must file details

    Limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed financial statements risk being struck off the Trade Register

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister or place into receivership limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration. The second deregistration in 2024 now includes circa 5.200 limited liability companies and co-operatives.The companies in the deregistration must file their financial statements with the Trade Register by 30 July 2024. See the list of the companies in the deregistration (a reminder recorded on 15.4.2024): · Go to the prh.fi website about

    PRH has deregistered companies that have not filed their financial statements for registration

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) has removed from the Finnish Trade Register more than 1,000 limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration.Deregistration means that the business is out of action. The deregistered companies had not filed their financial statements despite reminder letters. The PRH had also informed the companies of the procedure using a number of communication channels. See the list of the companies deregistered on 18 March 2024 on the prh.fi website: •         Read more about the

    Limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed financial statements risk being struck off the Trade Register

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister or place into receivership limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration. The first deregistration in 2024 now includes ca. 2.500 limited liability companies and co-operatives.The companies in the deregistration must file their financial statements with the Trade Register by  3 June 2024. See the list of the companies in the deregistration (a reminder recorded on 19.2.2024): · Go to the prh.fi website about

    PRH has deregistered companies that have not filed their financial statements for registration

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) has removed from the Finnish Trade Register circa 600 limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration. Deregistration means that the business is out of action.The deregistered companies had not filed their financial statements despite reminder letters. The PRH had also informed the companies of the procedure using a number of communication channels. See the list of the companies deregistered on 30 January 2024 on the prh.fi website:   · Read more about the deregistered

    Limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed financial statements risk being struck off the Trade Register

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister or place into receivership limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration. The deregistration now includes ca 1.500 limited liability companies and co-operatives.The companies in the 4th deregistration in 2023 must file their financial statements with the Trade Register by 7 May 2024. See the list of the companies in the deregistration (a reminder recorded on 22.1.2024): · Go to the prh.fi website about companies

    PRH has deregistered companies that have not filed their financial statements for registration

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) has removed from the Finnish Trade Register circa 60 limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration.Deregistration means that the business is out of action. The deregistered companies had not filed their financial statements despite reminder letters. The PRH had also informed the companies of the procedure using a number of communication channels. The deregistered companies are listed on the prh.fi website: · Read more about companies deregistered on 4 December 2023 in

    Limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed financial statements risk being struck off the Trade Register

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister or place into receivership limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration. The third deregistration in 2023 now includes about 1.600 limited liability companies and co-operatives.See the list of the companies in the third deregistration (a reminder recorded on 13.11.2023) on the prh.fi website. · Go to the website about companies risking deregistration (in Finnish). 

    Limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed financial statements risk being struck off the Trade Register

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister or place into receivership limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration. The second deregistration in 2023 now includes more than 800 limited liability companies and co-operatives.See the list of the companies in the second deregistration (a reminder recorded on 25.9.2023) on the prh.fi website. · Go to the website about companies risking deregistration (in Finnish).  

    Limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed financial statements risk being struck off the Trade Register

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister or place into receivership limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration. The first deregistration in 2023 now includes 90 limited liability companies and co-operatives.See the list of the companies in the first deregistration (a reminder recorded on 31.7.2023) on the prh.fi website: · Go to the website about companies risking deregistration (in Finnish). 

    Our revamped patent and utility model services

    Between 6 and 7 February 2023, we launched the following five new or revamped online services.Patent Information Service Use the Patent Information Service to search for Finnish patent and utility model applications and registrations, supplementary protection certificates, and European patents in force in Finland. The new service replaces our previous patent and utility model databases (PatInfo, FI-EP, Publication Server, and Pate), which are no longer used. You will find basic details, documents, and information about status, validity and payments in the service. Go to the Patent

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