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Issuing a statistical identification number REGON
ISSUING A STATISTICAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER REGON
Register REGON serves as the National Official Register of National Economy Entities. This is currently the only integrated register in Poland covering all entities of the national economy. Each entity is given a unique nine digit identification number REGON.
In the case of a sole proprietorship obtaining the number REGON follows through the Central Registration and Information on Economic Activity. Whereas all entities registered in the KRS registers are automatically transmitted through a proper application addressed for this purpose from KRS to the relevant branch of the Central Statistical Office (GUS). Other entities must submit the appropriate application in the relevant GUS assigned according to the location of the company. To obtain the number REGON, the following documents should be completed and filed within 14 days from the date of the founding of the entity, or from the date of making changes:
- form RG-1 containing the following information: the name and address of the entity, its legal form and ownership, organizational type, business type, operational commencement, estimated number of employees, and registration of legal entity
- extract, an extract from the court records or a certificate confirming the formation of the entity or commencement of activities or change of the characteristics of the entry in the register of entrepreneurs.
All the formalities associated with obtaining a number REGON or making changes to the company data, carried out in the appropriate office, is free of charge to all entities.