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BOE-A-2026-1461 ·21 January 2026 ·Resolution Low impact
Corporate

Companies with generic financial services objects: risk of registration suspension

The Directorate General for Legal Certainty and Public Faith examines the registrability of a company whose corporate purpose includes CNAE 66.19 activity (auxiliary activities to financial services). The Mercantile Registrar has suspended the registration, considering that the generic wording of said activity could overlap with activities reserved exclusively for investment services firms (Art. 125 Law 6/2023). To avoid suspension, the company must specify its activity or expressly declare that it does not carry out reserved activities (Art. 123 Law 6/2023).

In 2 key points

  1. CNAE 66.19 activity may be considered reserved for investment services firms if drafted in a generic manner (Fundamentos de Derecho)
  2. It is necessary to specify the activity or provide a declaration of exclusion pursuant to Art. 123 of Law 6/2023 (art. 123 Ley 6/2023)

How it affects those involved

For companies incorporating with broad corporate purposes in the financial sector, there is a risk that the Mercantile Registry will suspend their registration if activities are not sufficiently defined (Art. 6 of the Mercantile Registry Regulations). Company promoters must avoid generic descriptions of auxiliary financial activities to prevent being required to comply with investment services firm regulations (Law 6/2023). A lack of specificity necessitates additional rectification procedures to achieve registration.

Lifecycle

2026-01-21PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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