Ukraine has joined the Global Beneficial Ownership Register, Deputy Justice Minister of Ukraine on European Integration Serhiy Petukhov has said.
The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine has implemented the provisions of 2009/101/EC Directive on disclosure of information by companies, which ensured information transparency of the activities of legal entities and disclosure of data on the ultimate beneficiaries in the Unified State Register, Petukhov said at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday.
“Thus, Ukraine has become the first country to join the Global Beneficial Ownership Register,” the press service of the Justice Ministry quoted Petukhov as saying on Tuesday.
