Register / Identify

Register

To receive information from the "Useful information" section or to use work aids, no registration is required.

To transmit your annual financial statement or other orders via the Publication platform to the Federal Gazette or the Company register you have to register first.

Whether you want to publish or deposit annual financial statements or other orders as holding company for several subsidiaries or as sender (tax consultant, auditor, agency) for third parties: A one-time registration is enough.

You can login to the Publication platform, Company register or Federal Gazette with the email address and password upon successful registration to transmit new orders, track the status of current orders, save drafts and manage your information.

Identify

Since the DiRUG (Act on the Implementation of the Digitalisation Directive) came into force on 1 August 2022, all transmitters of accounting documents and company reports are required to carry out an electronic identity check pursuant to sections 3(3), 11(2) URV in conjunction with section 8b(2) no. 4 HGB.

This applies to the transmission of accounting documents and company reports - with a financial year beginning after 31 December 2021 - to the Company register.

Without prior identification, for example, no annual financial statements can be transmitted to the Company register and thus no longer be disclosed. This may lead to a failure to disclose.

The submission of documents to the Federal Gazette does not require identification.

If you do not have an account yet and only want to identify yourself, you can make a simple identification by clicking on the "Registration" button at the top right. You can then first assign an e-mail address and a password, in the next step you then check the checkbox that says you only wish to make an identification that enables a transmission for inclusion in the Company Register pursuant to the Company Register Ordinance. Then follow the further steps.

If you want to identify yourself within an existing account, log in to the platform, click on "My data" in the top right-hand corner and select the link "Open contact persons data" in the box "Contact persons" and then follow the further steps.

Identity verification procedures

Four identification procedures are available to identify you as the person authorised to transmit the data:

1. An automated video-assisted identification process, i.e. automated identity verification using AI technology.

Requirements:

• internet-enabled device with camera
• a valid identification document (e.g. identity card, passport, residence permit)

2. An accompanied video-assisted identification procedure, i.e. identification via video telephony.

Requirements:

• internet-enabled device with camera, microphone and loudspeaker
• a valid identification document (e.g. identity card, passport, residence permit)

3. Electronic proof of identity (eID), i.e. eID card or electronic identity card or residence permit with activated online ID function.

Requirements:

• internet-enabled mobile phone with NFC interface
• an eID card or an electronic identity card or residence permit with activated online ID function
• online PIN for the identity document

4. Identification via Steuerberaterplattform (tax consultant platform)

Requirements:

• Identity card and personal PIN
• Smartphone or card reader
• Installed AusweisApp

The first two procedures can be carried out either via a web browser or via BAnz-ID app, the third procedure via BAnz-ID app or AusweisApp and the fourth procedure via AusweisApp.

Further information on identification

Every natural person who actually makes a data transmission for a company subject to disclosure requirements with the aim of disclosure to the Company register must be identified.

They may identify themselves at any time. However, the identification must be completed before the start of the transmission(s). We recommend early identification regardless of a specific upcoming transfer. If you have a history of transmitting accounting documents and company reports for companies, we recommend that you identify yourself directly or as soon as possible. In this way, you can streamline the identification and transmission processes.

In principle, identification only has to be carried out once for each authorised person. However, in the event of name changes, for example due to marriage, the identification process must be repeated in order to verify the data.

The amount of the identity verification fees depends on the Judicial Administration Costs Act (JVKostG). The registry office offers various payment methods for this purpose:

You can choose one of these payment methods during your identification process.

Help

If you have further questions regarding the registration, please contact:
registrierung@bundesanzeiger.de