European Business Register Seminar European e-Justice en e-Codex Ministerie van Veiligheid en Justitie Den Haag, 12 maart 2012 Ricco Dun, Kamer van Koophandel Nederland & EBR Board

EBR Outline – Council Working Group|Brussels|June 2011 What is EBR An association of the national official business registers The hub of an online network “One-stop-shop” to access company information Access to over 20 million companies Full multi-lingual capacity Coverage of 26 countries Not for profit

EBR Outline – Council Working Group|Brussels|June 2011 Coverage EBR Outline – Council Working Group|Brussels|June 2011

Members EU: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom Non-EU: Jersey, Guernsey, FYRO Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Ukraine EU non-members: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania: can join any time they want

EBR Outline – Council Working Group|Brussels|June 2011 Legal Framework and Governance European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) – Articles of Association – Not all partners are EEIG members because it is not always legally possible Not for profit; only in the interest of the members Information Sharing Agreement (ISA) ISA and EEIG members meet twice a year (General Meeting) – Joint decisions on strategy, financials, new partners Board (5 members) EBR support team – Manages services and coordinates activities – Product management, technical management, coordination

EBR Outline – Council Working Group|Brussels|June 2011 Funding Model Joining fee – for new partners Annual fee – for all partners Royalty – on all chargeable transactions – objective: lower annual fee / self financing Current budget: appr. € Technical and financial arrangements for new partners 2011/2012 }

EBR Outline – Council Working Group|Brussels|June 2011 Key Milestones 1998Foundation of the network – 10 Countries 1999Launch of the first EBR service 2004New customer interface – first platform upgrade 2007Amendment to the 1 st Company Law Directive 2011Central platform established - 26 Countries – Rationalised network – Improved performance

EBR Outline – Council Working Group|Brussels|June 2011 What business information is available? Standard products -Company search -Company profile -Company appointments -Person search -Product search and order National products -Annual accounts -Memorandum and Articles -Incorporation documents -Annual returns -Certificate of registration To be aligned with Article 2 of 2009/101/EC (1 st CL Directive) To be opened to all data on the register

EBR Outline – Council Working Group|Brussels|June 2011 How does it work? 26 EBR members 13 distributors Business Registers Distributor Customer

EBR Outline – Council Working Group|Brussels|June 2011 Company Search

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EBR Outline – Council Working Group|Brussels|June 2011 Company Profile

EBR Outline – Council Working Group|Brussels|June 2011 Company Officials Profile

EBR Outline – Council Working Group|Brussels|June 2011 Person Profile