1 The company shall keep a register of its beneficial owners that have been notified to the company.
2 This register shall contain the first name and surname and the address of the beneficial owners.
3 The documents on which notice under Article 697j are based must be retained for ten years following the person’s deletion from the register.
4 The register must be kept in such a manner that it can be accessed in Switzerland at any time.
449 Inserted by No I 2 of the FA of 12 Dec. 2014 on the Implementation of the revised recommendations 2012 of the Financial Action Task Force (AS 20151389; BBl 2014605). Amended by No I 1 of the FA of 21 June 2019 on the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Global Forum on Transparency and the Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, in force since 1 May 2021 (AS 2019 3161; BBl 2019 279).