Article 21U.K.Closure of the register
The register shall be closed by establishing an annual balance sheet once a year, on a date to be set by the Member States. An inventory of stocks shall be drawn up in the context of the annual balance sheet. Existing stocks shall be carried forward to the next annual period. They shall be recorded as an entry in the register at a date following the annual balance sheet. If the annual balance sheet shows differences between the stocks resulting from the balance sheet and the existing stocks, this shall be noted in the closed books.
