Signing authority

Who can bind the entity — alone, jointly, or not at all.

The commercial register records not only who holds an office but how they sign: individually, jointly with one other, or without signing authority.

It is the most practically important line on a profile page. A board member without signing authority cannot bind the company, and a contract signed separately by two people who may only sign jointly does not bind it either.

Where a notice does not state the mode of signing, the field on these pages stays empty. It is not filled in.

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