The European Court of Justice (ECJ) today announced its judgment regarding the registers of beneficial owners:

#ECJ: #AntiMoneyLaundering directive – the provision whereby the information on the beneficial ownership of companies incorporated within the territory of the Member States is accessible in all cases to any member of the general public is invalid 👉 https://t.co/ATb3CgbPxg

— EU Court of Justice (@EUCourtPress) November 22, 2022

Press release in several languages:
bg es cs da de et el en fr hr ga it lv lt hu mt nl pl pt ro sk sl fi sv

The judgment:
in English (other languages available).

List of documents

Media on the judgment
English language: Royal Gazette.
Dutch language: NOS, security.nl, taxlive, AccountancyVanmorgen, RD, CMweb.

Privacy First:

EU Hof heeft zojuist een dikke streep gezet door openbaar UBO-register. Voor Nederland betekent dit dat #UBOregister per direct niet meer voor iedereen toegankelijk mag zijn. Bij gebreke hieraan zal Privacy First kort geding starten. https://t.co/vqEyuKqqZa (update) @Minister_FIN

— Privacy First (@privacyfirst) November 22, 2022

Amendment 19:30 hr
The judgment is now available in all European languages. I amended the text accordingly.
A paragraph on media coverage was added.