Frequently Asked Questions

The documents required to register a new company with JAO are as follows:

• Electronically filled and duly dated and signed Participation Agreement
  • 2 originals in case of handwritten signature via post
  • 1 document in case of qualified electronic signature through Jira Service Desk
• Electronically filled and duly signed Financial Agreement
  • 2 duly signed originals in case of handwritten signature via post – only the company name shall be filled
  • 1 document in case of qualified electronic signature through Jira Service Desk – JAO will send the document to you for signature once we have the business account number available
• Copy  of the Commercial Extract/Constitution Deed of the company (should not be older than 6 months;  a certified English translation has to be attached in case it is in a different language)
• The Beneficial owner structure information documents (duly dated and signed) with a government issued identification document of the ultimate beneficial owner(s) or the Managing Director(s) (if applicable). It cannot be older than 1 month
• Copy of a certificate of bank account details issued by the bank, which includes the IBAN code, SWIFT code, account holder and the registered address of the account holder. The bank account identity statement is also acceptable, if it contains the following data: IBAN code, SWIFT code, account holder and the registered address of the account holder that is provided by the financial institution of the market participant
• In case the signature powers are not clear from the Commercial Extract, other official document(s) can be provided in order to evidence the signatory rights as Minutes of the Board of Directors (or applicable), Articles of Association (or applicable) , or a Power of Attorney.  

Link on JAO website: http://www.jao.eu/resource-center/registration.

Documents can be signed electronically by using a qualified electronic certificate issued by one of the trusted authorities from the European Commission list.

Link to the European Commission website: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/tl-browser.

Market participants shall register with the National Regulatory Authority (NRA) in the Member State in which they are established or resident or, if they are not established or resident in the Union, in a Member State in which they are active as the NRAs are handling the registration process. NRA’s will transmit the information in their national registers to the Agency. Each Market Participant can register with only one NRA.

The list of NRAs with contact details can be found here https://www.acer-remit.eu/portal/ceremp.