Records last updated: 16 April 2025
Committed to one or more
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Live registerFollowing the launch of one or more beneficial ownership registers, a country is labelled as Live register.
Implemented one or more
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Implementation details
UBO Register
- Name
- UBO Register
- Scope
- Full-economy
- Register launched
- 2021
- Threshold used to determine beneficial ownership
- 25%
- Structured data publicly available
- No
- Published as BODS
- No
- Available via API
- No
Commitment details
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- As a European Union member, Hungary was obliged to make improvements to their beneficial ownership disclosure regime by 2026 as part of the EU’s Anti-Money Laundering Package, including the sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive and Anti-Money Laundering Regulations. This includes specific provisions for access on the basis of legitimate interest. [31 May 2024] link to commitment
- As a European Union member, Hungary was obliged to create a central register of beneficial ownership as part of the EU’s fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive by 2017. [20 May 2015] link to commitment
- As a European Union member, Hungary was obliged to create a central, public register of beneficial ownership as part of the EU’s fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive. Following the judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union on 22 November 2022, member states are no longer required to provide public access, and are instead required to, at a minimum, provide access to those that can demonstrate a legitimate interest. [19 April 2018] link to commitment