Company Registration Certificate Abolished

On 7 May 2011 the Law of Ukraine No. 3205-VI "On Introduction of Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine regarding the Abolition of the Certificate on State Registration of Legal Entity and Individual-Entrepreneur" (the "Law") came into force.

The Law was adopted to change the current provisions of the Law of Ukraine "On State Registration of Legal Entities and Individual-Entrepreneurs" that regulate the procedure of establishing of legal entities and individual-entrepreneurs in Ukraine in general, as well as certain provisions of a number of other laws of Ukraine that specify the establishment procedures applicable for specific categories of legal entities depending on the area of their business or industry (e.g. informational agencies, creative associations, chambers of commerce and industry, insurance companies, joint stock companies, etc.).