1. Cross border services for entrepreneurs in Europe Ingmar Vali Head of Court Registers Department Centre of Registers and Information Systems ingmar.vali@just.ee www.rik.ee Estonia

2. www.egov-estonia.eu Topics 2

3. www.egov-estonia.eu Business register history 1995- The commercial law came into force 1998- The first online inquiry web 2002- Electronic register gets legal power 2005- Electronic application submission by citizens and entrepreneurs 2007- Company Registration Portal 2008- Cross-border electronic signature 2010- Annual report electronic filing (XBRL) 2011- Data visualisation

4. www.egov-estonia.eu PSC 4

5. www.egov-estonia.eu PSC 2011 5

6. www.egov-estonia.eu Company Registration Portal (CReP)? Notary office? 6 Starting a company

7. www.egov-estonia.eu 7 Centre of Registers and Information Systems e-Business Register Company Registration Portal

8. www.egov-estonia.eu Process 2011 8 Business register IN OUT E-notary 25% Application CReP 71% Personally 3% By post 1% Services Web XML X-Road By e-mail 0% Other services Decisions Entries

9. www.egov-estonia.eu 9 Centre of Registers and Information Systems e-Business Register E-Business Register data exchange

10. www.egov-estonia.eu X-Road

11. www.egov-estonia.eu Company Registration Portal Anno 2007 11

12. www.egov-estonia.eu 12 Centre of Registers and Information Systems e-Business Register Company registration Portal Easy step by step process to register a new company No need for notary No paperwork at all In the portal you can: Register a new entity Change existing info in commercial register File annual reports

13. www.egov-estonia.eu 13 Centre of Registers and Information Systems e-Business Register A new company in 18 minutes. 90 % of Estonians have ID-card enables e-Signature ID-card uses PKI Internet Connection ID-card reader Valid ID-card and PIN passwords

14. www.egov-estonia.eu Results 14

15. www.egov-estonia.eu 15 Centre of Registers and Information Systems e-Business Register Services directive!? All you have to have: Computer Internet access ID-card ID-card reader Valid PIN passwords EUROPEAN!

16. www.egov-estonia.eu Data exchange: Name Name in business register Francois David Marie Bertrand de Dietrich John Smith Jaan Tamm Ivan Surik Karin Käru 16 Name in eID Francois de Dietrich John Tim Smith Jaan Tamm Ivan Žurik Karin Karu Same person? Unique identifier! Solution?

17. www.egov-estonia.eu Data exchange solution 17

18. www.egov-estonia.eu Cross border electronic signature

19. www.egov-estonia.eu Belgium ID-card Portuguese ID-card Finnish ID-card Lithuanian Mobile-ID Cross border electronic signature Estonian ID-card Estonian Mobile-ID

20. www.egov-estonia.eu Cross border impacts 9 Companies registered with Finnish ID-card! 8 Companies registered with Lithuanian Mobile-ID! 20 000 000 possible users from EU. Electronic annual reports once a year –Requires eID authentication

21. www.egov-estonia.eu Foreign eID statistics 21

22. www.egov-estonia.eu Questions 22 Our awards: Ingmar Vali Head of Court Registers Department Centre of Registers and Information Systems ingmar.vali@just.ee www.rik.ee Estonia

23. www.egov-estonia.eu More information http://www.egov-estonia.eu/ http://www.eesti.ee/eng/business http://www.youtube.com/user/ingmarv#p/a/u/0/4hNg5i4i3o Uhttp://www.youtube.com/user/ingmarv#p/a/u/0/4hNg5i4i3o U http://www.rik.ee/commercial_register https://ariregister.rik.ee/ettevotja.py/visuaalne_demo http://www.youtube.com/user/justiitsministeerium#p/u/3/s hjqb5E_0QUhttp://www.youtube.com/user/justiitsministeerium#p/u/3/s hjqb5E_0QU http://www.osor.eu/projects/e-reporting (EUPL)http://www.osor.eu/projects/e-reporting 23