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Department of Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property
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Establishing overseas company’s place of business

Choosing the name of the overseas company’s place of business

In case where an overseas company wishes to register a place of business in the Republic of Cyprus with a different name as is registered abroad, before proceeding with the registration of the place of business it must first decide upon the proposed name which will have to be approved by the Registrar of Companies.

Search of the proposed name      

Once you decide upon the proposed name for your company, and before submitting an application for approval of the proposed name, you are advised to conduct an online search on the business entities' register of the Registrar of Companies in order to determine whether there is already a registered company with the same, or a similar, name.

In order for the proposed name to be approved, it must not be too similar to the name of an already existing business entity or be misleading or undesirable  unless, in addition to your application for name approval, you submit a relevant consent from the existing registered business entity to use the said name.

Following the submission of an application of the proposed name, the  Registrar of Companies will carry out a search, which will not be limited only to Cypriot companies but may also reject a name for the purposes of protecting the reputation of an international organisation not registered in Cyprus (e.g. Coca Cola, McDonalds, etc). To this end, you are advised to conduct an online search over the registered trademarks so that you may determine whether a registered trademark with the same or a similar name already exists.

At the same time, if the name contains restrictive words or expressions, the necessary consent of the competent governmental authority or other body should be obtained and submitted.

Limited/Ltd

Depending on the type of company that you will choose to incorporate, the proposed name should bear as its last word the following:

  • If it is a private company limited by shares or by guarantee, the word “ΛΙΜΙΤΕΔ” or “ΛΤΔ” or, in case the name of the company is written with latin characters, “LIMITED” or “LTD”;
  • If it is a public company limited by shares or by guarantee and with a share capital, the words “ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑ ΛΙΜΙΤΕΔ” or “ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑ ΛΤΔ” or “ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΛΙΜΙΤΕΔ” or “ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΛΤΔ” or “Δ.Ε. ΛΙΜΙΤΕΔ” or “Δ.Ε. ΛΤΔ” or, in case the name of the company is written with latin characters, the words “PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED” or “PUBLIC COMPANY LTD” or “PUBLIC CO. LIMITED” or “PUBLIC CO. LTD” or “PLC” or “PUBLIC LIMITED” or “PUBLIC LTD”.

Submission of the application for the approval of the name

The application for approval/change of name is submitted via e-filing, or by hand or via post accompanied by:

  • permission, consent or pre-approval by the appropriate governmental authority or appropriate body in case it is necessary for the use of words or expressions and / or due to the nature of business respectively;
  • payment of ten euros (€10) fee for every proposed name. If you wish to accelerate the name approval process, an additional fee of twenty euros (€20) for every proposed name is required.

You are advised to refer to the main criteria of review and most common reasons for rejection for further guidance.

The name approval results are notified via e-services.

Once the name is approved, the application for the overseas company incorporation must be submitted in accordance with the legal form of the entity/business within six (6) months, a period during which the approved proposed name is reserved.

e-name approval

 

 

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