State registration of legal entities with foreign investments

State registration of legal entities with foreign investments

For the state registration of legal entities with foreign investments, in accordance with the information published on the website Public Services Agency, to the registration application, additionally, the following shall be attached:

  1. the extract from the register in which the legal entity with foreign investments is registered, translated and notarized;
  2. the articles of incorporation of the foreign legal entity.

The documents listed in points 1-2 are presented in original or in copies authenticated by a notary and legalized by the consular offices of the Republic of Moldova abroad, being translated into the state language.

Foreign official documents, drawn up on the territory of the states parties to the Convention on the suppression of the requirement of superlegalization of foreign official documents, concluded in The Hague on 05.10.1961, and to which the Republic of Moldova is a party, on which the apostille is applied under the conditions established by this Convention, are accepts at registration without additional legalization. This provision also applies to the extracts and copies of these documents.

The only exceptions are the documents issued by the authorities of the CIS member countries, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Azerbaijan, Hungary with which the Republic of Moldova has concluded treaties in the field, according to which the respective official documents are recognized on the territory of the Republic of Moldova without apostillation and overlegalization.

The documents for state registration are perfected in the state language and are submitted to the state registration body by the founder or by his representative, empowered by a power of attorney authenticated in the manner established by law.