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Philippines

Find details about the Philippines' commitments to and implementation of beneficial ownership transparency reforms

Records last updated: 23 August 2024

Contact person: Emily Manuel

Current ongoing work

Open Ownership (OO) is providing technical assistance to the Securities and Exchange Commission in developing a central beneficial ownership register and implementing policy reforms. OO has also facilitated training and workshops to support the use of beneficial ownership in law enforcement, tax investigations, and public procurement. OO continues to support the Philippines Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in meeting its beneficial ownership commitments under Requirement 2.5.

Committed to one or more

  • Live register
    Following 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

PH-EITI Beneficial Ownership Registry

Name
PH-EITI Beneficial Ownership Registry
Scope
Sectoral: Extractives, Extractive sector
Structured data publicly available
No
Published as BODS
No
Available via API
No

Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission

Name
Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission
Scope
Full-economy
Register launched
2018
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 an Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) member, Philippines has committed to beneficial ownership transparency for the extractives sector. [25 February 2016]
  • Philippines has included a commitment in an Open Government Partnership National Action Plan to beneficial ownership transparency

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