1. Member States shall ensure that documents and information, including any changes thereto, can be filed online with the register where the company is registered. This requirement shall also apply to companies listed in Annex IIB.

2. Member States shall ensure that the origin and integrity of the documents filed online may be verified electronically.

3. Member States may require that certain companies or that all companies file certain or all of the documents and information referred to in paragraph 1 online.

4. Article 10(1), (2) and (3) and Article 13g(2), (3), (4) and (5) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the online filing of documents and information. Article 10(1), (2) and (3) shall apply to the documents and information referred to in that Article.

5. Member States may continue to allow forms of filing other than those referred to in paragraph 1, including by electronic or by paper means, by companies, by notaries or by any other persons or bodies mandated under national law to deal with such forms of filing.