Opinia prawna na temat beneficjenta rzeczywistego w przypadku spółki kapitałowej, której jedynym (100%) udziałowcem czy akcjonariuszem jest zakon bądź jego jednostka organizacyjna (prowincja zakonna, opactwo, klasztor niezależny, dom zakonny)
A legal opinion on the real beneficiary of a limited company in which the only (100%) shockholder or shareholder is an order or its organizational unit (a monastic province, an abbey, an independent monastery or a monastic house)

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this legal opinion is to address the following question: Who is the real beneficiary of a limited company in which the only (100%) shockholder or shareholder is an order or its organizational unit (a monastic province, an abbey, an independent monastery or a monastic house)? The analysis of Polish law and canon law leads to the conclusion that in the case of a limited company whose only (100%) shockholder or shareholder is an order or its organizational unit (a monastic province, an abbey, an independent monastery or a monastic house), the real beneficiary is the competent higher superior of this order as well as members of its council. These persons satisfy the conditions specified in art. 2 para. 2 of the act of 1 March 2018 on countering money laundering and financing of terrorism, because they are a group of natural persons who exercise direct control of the company due to the entitlements they have (shareholders’ meeting/general meeting), which make it possible to exert a decisive influence on the actions or activities undertaken by the company. This is so because it is a group of natural persons who exert control over a legal person (an order or its organizational unit) who is entitled to hold more than 25% of the shares of the company stock and more than 25% of the voting rights in the decision-making body of the company (art. 2 para. 2 point 1 letter a and tiret three of the act on countering money laundering and financing of terrorism).

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