Extract from the state register of legal entities
A tax service document about a company; for an apostille you need a paper extract with a seal, or a notarial certificate that a paper copy matches the electronic one.
An electronic extract signed with the tax authority's qualified electronic signature is legally equivalent to a paper one, but an apostille cannot be affixed to a file. A notary certifies that the paper copy is equivalent to the electronic extract, and that copy is apostilled.
Most procedures treat an extract as current for no more than 30 days from issue: the apostille does not expire, but the data can.
Related terms
Constitutional documents
A company's articles of association together with an extract from the state register; the apostille goes on a notarised copy, not on the original.
OpenNotarised copy
An exact reproduction of a document certified by a notary; it is the copy, not the original, that is apostilled where the original cannot be.
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