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Thursday, 12 September 2024

Luxembourg: upcoming changes regarding filing formalities with the Trade and Companies Register (RCSL)

Tiffany Pierrel

Tiffany Pierrel

Associate
Luxembourg
Thomas Roberdeau

Thomas Roberdeau

Partner
Luxembourg
Andréas Molter

Andréas Molter

Senior Associate
Luxembourg

As of 12 November 2024, the Luxembourg Business Registers (the “LBR”) will implement a few changes to the filing formalities with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés, Luxembourg – the “RCSL”). These changes were initially announced nearly three years ago before being postponed sine die and have now been reiterated in an LBR public notice and its associated guide published on the LBR’s website on 6 September 2024.

Fundamental changes include (i) the replacement of PDF requisition forms with online forms in HTML format, (ii) the registration of the Luxembourg national identification number (“NIN”) of natural persons registered with the RCSL and (iii) consistency check of Luxembourg addresses.

New online RCSL requisition forms

In line with the LBR’s objective to enhance digitalisation and facilitate the RCSL registration process, the traditional PDF requisition forms will be replaced by forms to be completed directly online in HTML format.

Registration of Luxembourg NIN for natural persons registered with the RCSL

The new online requisition forms will enable the implementation of article 12bis of the Luxembourg law of 19 December 2002 on the RCSL and the accounting and annual accounts of companies, as amended (the “2002 Law”) according to which the Luxembourg NIN of any individual registered with the RCSL in any capacity whatsoever (such as a shareholder, manager/director or supervisory auditor…) shall be communicated to the RCSL.

A specific procedure will be set up for individuals who do not have a Luxembourg NIN yet (which is often the case for non-Luxembourg residents) requiring additional information, including nationality, gender, and private residence, to be provided to the RCSL alongside supporting documents (identity card or passport, certificate of residence, utility bill, etc.). The RCSL will then transmit such information to the State Information Technology Centre (Centre des Technologies de l’Information de l’Etat – “CTIE”), which will create a new Luxembourg NIN in the database of the National Register of Natural Persons and will communicate such to the individual (and the depositor should it have received authorisation from the individual).

This new requirement will apply to both new entities and entities already registered with the RCSL. Registered entities will at first not be required to update their files with the RCSL to complete missing Luxembourg NINs for their registered individuals but this will subsequently become compulsory.

N.B.: The Luxembourg NIN will not be public information, nor will it appear on the RCSL or in RCSL documents.

Automatic consistency check of addresses

Completing the RCSL requisition forms online will also allow an automated consistency check of Luxembourg addresses provided to the RCSL against the information contained in the National Register of Localities and Streets (Registre national des localités et des rues) in accordance with article 12ter of the 2002 Law, ensuring better consistency and accuracy of information registered with the RCSL. This process shall also allow the RCSL to automatically update registered addresses in case of change in the National Register of Localities and Streets.

For any questions, please contact your trusted advisor at Tiberghien Luxembourg or contact any of the authors of this publication.

Tiffany Pierrel

Tiffany Pierrel

Associate
Luxembourg
Thomas Roberdeau

Thomas Roberdeau

Partner
Luxembourg
Andréas Molter

Andréas Molter

Senior Associate
Luxembourg
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