The firm book (commercial registers) is a public listing (register), in which the most important relevant in law facts and right conditions over full buyers and acquisition companies are registered in Austria.

The firm book was introduced 1991 as replacement supported by automation for the trade register and that in former times separated led Genossenschaftsregister (both led).

Explanation

It is led with the locally responsible national court (in Vienna with the commercial court, in Graz with the national court for civil law things) and consists of the general ledger and archives. Each registered legal entity keeps one central for the entire federal territory given firm book number (FN), which is maintained up to the deletion, even if the seat is shifted or the legal form is changed. This firm book number is suitable therefore Austria far for the clear marking of a legal entity.

The general ledger is led digitally and contains all of the substantial enterprise data concerned.

Archives are an act over the enterprise, which beside the articles of association the partner and managing director list, sample signatures, contain bank confirmations etc.

Since 11 July 2005 archives of the firm book are led Austria far by means of EDP and are world-wide observable.

Contents

In the firm book (general ledger) only certain entryable facts are noted:

• the firm book number (FN);
• the company (name of the full buyer, under whom it operates its business);
• the legal form;
• the seat as well as the seat of branches and the business address relevant for feeds;
• a short designation of the line of business;
• Day of the conclusion of the articles of association;
• Name and date of birth of the single buyer, agency-authorized persons, attorney and liquidators (liquidators); at OHG, kg and acquisition companies names and dates of birth of the not agency-authorized personally responsible partners and the limited partners (height of the fortune insert) are registered, at the limited companies and the corporations names and dates of birth of the members of the supervisory board;
• Name and dates of birth of the partners of a society Ltd. as well as investments and the deposits carried out on it;
• the reason or capital stock;
• determined further legal relations, like beginning of the society, introduction of an insolvency procedure etc.

References

The entries in the firm book take place usually only upon the request of the persons involved. Exeptionally certain entries, e.g. entry and adjudication are officially made.

The firm book entries are published - with certain exceptions - in the Official Journal to Viennese the newspaper and in the central sheet for entries, published from the Federal Ministry for economics and work, in the firm book of the Republic of Austria. Entries over single buyers, OHG, kg and acquisition companies (OEG, KEG) in the data base of the firm book apply to be familiar made and do not have not to be published.

The firm book (general ledger) is considered as public listing, into which each insight can take. With legal interest also the possibility exists of sighting the documents submitted to archives.

Related links

• Firm book on-line one (liable to pay the costs)
• Firm book on-line one at the Telekom Austria (liable to pay the costs)
• Firm book on-line one at the Federal Ministry for law (liable to pay the costs)

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