1. 3 EGR Identification Service
ESTP Training on EGR
22-23 May 2019

2. The EGR Identification Service
Based on the experience from EGR 1.0 system a major challenge for the processing of data from 30+ different sources proved to be the lack of unique identifier
The EGR Identification service is a module of the EGR system
application only for identification purposes
assigning the unique ID numbers for legal units in the EGR process

3. Coverage
The EGR IS aims to cover all incorporated legal units that may potentially be part of MNEs
25 million legal units, mostly from EU and EFTA countries
Sources: EU and EFTA NSIs and DnB
Yearly update
The EGR IS applies an own identification number
Legal entity identifier (LEID) number
In all EGR data exchanges the LEID numbers should be used

4. The LEID number
In the EGR data exchanges with NSIs all legal units are identified with LEID number
The LEID number is the unique identification number assigned by the EGR IS
The structure of LEID numbers has been created by Eurostat specifically for the purposes of the EGR
The LEID number is a combination of the country code, register code and national identification number of the legal units

5. Format of the LEID number
For EU and EFTA countries the LEID number is composed of
the two-letter country code
the register code assigned to the national register by the EGR
and the legal unit’s national ID number in that register
The types of national ID numbers used in the EGR IS were chosen by the NSIs of Member States and EFTA

6. Examples of the LEID number
EU+EFTA countries, e.g. Austria
country code 'AT'
the Austrian trade register's internal register code '21013'
identification number given to a particular legal unit within this register '094342p'
AT p
Other countries, e.g. Canada
country code 'CA'
11-digit sequential number CA

7. Functionalities of the EGR IS
Manual identification of legal units
Individual search within the EGR IS database
Or via web-service in the database of DnB
Batch identification of legal units
Identification based on data files sent by NSIs
Management of datasets for users

11. EGR IS developments 2018-2019 Improvements to the search algorithm
Adding information to the respond file
On the method used for identifying the legal unit
Previous name, reference year and postal code information

12. Further reading, EGR IS user guide
EGR wiki
Details on the EGR applications page / EGR IS
User guide on the User guides page