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The Beginning

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The Background

EBR was born as initiative by some of the public bodies responsible for company registration and legal publicity, to create the telematic network between them in order to provide easy and multi-language access to the official company data all over Europe.

EBR - 1995

• Denmark - DCCA

• France - INPI & ORT

• Italy - InfoCamere& Chambers of Commerce

• United Kingdom -Companies House & Mercury Comm.

The Beginning

Driving Issues

No changes to national systemsNo changes to national systems

Multi-language & Multi-character setMulti-language & Multi-character set Ease of Integration, Low cost platforms Ease of Integration, Low cost platforms and Independence from vendorsand Independence from vendors

EBR Mission

Provide Official Data only Provide Official Data only

Single Access PointSingle Access Point Improve Business Transparency Improve Business Transparency across Europeacross Europe

The Network today

EBR - 2004

• Austria• Belgium• Denmark• Estonia• Finland• France• Germany• Greece• Ireland• Italy• Latvia• Norway• Spain• Sweden• Luxembourg• Netherlands• Romania• United Kingdom

Some figures

14 Information Providers14 Information Providers

17.400.000 Registered enterprises17.400.000 Registered enterprises

13.600.000 Active companies13.600.000 Active companies

12 Languages available12 Languages available

The Basic Service

New features

Multi-country search: possibility to search a company over several countries at the same time

Online product order, offline delivery: possibility to get annual accounts and/or articles of association

Web services for 3rd party distribution (on-going development)

New management rules

Set-up of Management team for coordination work, monitoring of partners performance, technical enhancements

New agreement and procedures to guarantee more reliable service

Ensure professional operation and maintenance

Launching the New Service

• 1st September 2004: Finland (PRH) has opened the new service to their customers

• October 2004: more countries will open to the market

• By the end of 2004: all EBR Members will switch from the old to the new system

EBR goals 1/2

• Increase the offer of national products, to provide more financial official information

• Develop “additional services”

• Establish central distribution

EBR goals 2/2

• Make EBR known as the official and reliable source of European Companies Register Information

• Complete the coverage in Europe

Willing to join the network?

Just few requirements:• Represent the Official Business Register• Provide online access to the BR Database

For further information, please contact: [email protected]@bolagsverket.se

Thank you

www.ebr.org

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