Documents required for registration in the trade register, fiscal registration and authorization of operation of a branch set up by cooperative companies (governed by the Law no.1/2005) and by credit cooperative organisations (in compliance with the GEO no.99/2006)
Information note on the processing of personal data
Prior operations
For branches, the prior verification of company name availability and/or its reservation thereof is not necessary.
The name of a branch is given by the name of the legal person who set it up, the name of the locality where its registered office is located, followed by the word “sucursală” and the name of the locality where the branch has its registered office.
If a legal person sets up more than one branch in the same locality, a code can be mentioned in order to distinguish between them.
- Registration form (original) - form;
- Affidavits signed by the partners or administrators, attesting, as appropriate, that:
- the legal person shall not carry out any of the stated activities at the space of the registered or secondary office/s, for a period of maximum 3 years (model 1 - original);
- the legal person complies with the operating requirements provided for by the specific legislation in the field of food safety and sanitary-veterinary protection, environment and labor protection for the activities set out in the statement form (model 2 - original);
- General Assembly decision of the cooperative members/ the Board of Directors of the cooperative company (if it is authorized)/ the Central House of the credit cooperatives or the Extraordinary General Assembly of the agricultural cooperative (original) - details;
- Articles of Association of the legal person that is setting up this branch (copy) - details;
- Certificate of incorporation of the legal person that is setting up this branch (copy) - details;
- General Assembly decision of the cooperative members of the credit cooperative organizations/ the Board of Directors of the cooperative company (if it is authorized) or the modifying addendum (original) - details;
- General Assembly decision of the Central House of the credit cooperatives (original) - details;
- Proof regarding the registered office of the branch (copy) - details;
- If applicable - endorsement for the owners/tenants association regarding the change of destination of collective residential buildings, pursuant to Law no.196/2018 (form to be filled out, original).
- If the company does not carry out any activity at the registered office or at the secondary offices, the declared activities for a period of maximum 3 years, the statement-form on own responsibility provided for by art. 15 paragraph (1) letter a) of the Law no. 359/2004 regarding the simplification of registration formalities in the trade register of natural persons, family associations and legal persons, their tax registration, as well as the authorization of legal persons in order to operate, as subsequently amended and supplemented, signed by the partners or by the administrators, includes the statement provided for by art. 17 paragraph (6) of the Law on companies no. 31/1990, so is no longer necessary any other statement;
- If the company carries out activity outside the registered office and the secondary offices the statement-form on own responsibility provided for by art. 15 paragraph (1) letter b) of the Law no. 359/2004 regarding the simplification of registration formalities in the trade register of natural persons, family associations and legal persons, their tax registration, as well as the authorization of legal persons in order to operate, as subsequently amended and supplemented, signed by the partners or by the administrators, includes the statement provided for by art. 17 paragraph (6) of the Law on companies no. 31/1990, so is no longer necessary any other statement.
- If applicable - affidavits of the persons authorized to represent the branch, certifying that they meet the legal requirements to hold such capacity (original) - details;
- If applicable - authenticated affidavit of the natural person, foreign citizen, authorized to represent the branch, attesting there are no fiscal debts, in original and, if needed translated by an authorized translator whose signature is authenticated by a notary public - details;
- Signature specimens of the persons authorized to represent the branch (original) - details;
- Authorization for setting up the credit cooperative organization issued by the National Bank of Romania;
- If applicable:
- prior endorsements provided for by special laws (copy);
- (special) power of attorney (in authenticated form) or delegation for the persons empowered to fulfill the legal formalities (original);
- Proof of legal fee(s) payment - details:
Note:
- The decision regarding this trade register application is made by the director of the trade register office attached to the law court and/or his/her appointees, who may also request additional documents/details, if deemed necessary, before making a final decision.
- Assistance departments at the trade register offices attached to law courts may draft documents, obtain authentication or, where applicable, grant a definite date or provide guidance to properly filling out the registration application. (these are fee-based services).
- The manuscript page of the documents submitted for publication in the Official Gazette of Romania represents 2000 signs, including the spaces. The documents submitted for publication in the Official Gazette of Romania shall have a legible content, 1.5 line spacing and font Times New Roman 12, without any deletions or additions that are not typed, which make incomprehensible their text. Model
- The application for registration, the documents provided for by law, filed and numbered, shall be submitted by the applicant directly at the trade register office attached to the law court, by post, with declared-value letter and notice of receipt or by electronic means. The application sent in electronic form, through the online services portal or through the electronic mail, shall have the qualified electronic signature incorporated, attached or logically associated. If the documents are sent by post, the applicant's identity document shall be attached, as a handwritten photocopy certified by the owner regarding the conformity with the original.
- Forms are available at the trade register offices attached to the law courts.
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- If the branch is set up in the same county as the registered office of the company that created it, the branch will also be registered in the same trade register, in addition to the existing entry.
- If the branch is set up in a different county from the registered office of the company that created it, a note/mention of its registration will be entered by default at the local trade of the main company, based on certified copies of the branch’s registration.
- Any changes regarding the location of the registered office of the branch, or its name, its object of activity as well as the authorized person(s), are submitted by default to the local trade register where the main company set up that branch.
This leaflet is intended to serve as a general guide to professionals regarding their obligations and the legal formalities that need to be fulfilled in order to register in the trade register.
