This CAcert sub-policy extends the Organisation Assurance Policy ("OAP") by specifying how Organisation Assurance is to be conducted by the assigned Organisation Assurer ("OA") under the supervision of the Organisation Assurance Officer ("OAO") for entities within the defined scope.
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<h2>
1. Scope
</h2>
<p>
This sub-policy is applicable to organisations registered with the trade office registry as tabled in paragraph 3.1 of this sub-policy:<br/>
</p>
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>Legal entities in the EU country and Norway:<br/>
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li>Government Bodies & Intrumentalities;
</li>
<li>Private Owned Companies;
</li>
<li>Limited Companies;
</li>
<li>Clubs & Associations;
</li>
<li>Cooperations and mutual safeguarding societies;
European Economic Collaboration (EESV), European Limited Company (SE), European Cooperation (SCE).
</li>
<li>Foreign legal entities subjected to foreign jurisdiction but active in mainly in the EU country.The entity has registration duties in the EU (fin. year report, extract foreign TRO, accountant report. E.g. Private Limited Company (Ltd) in UK foreign jusrisdiction but mainly active in an EU country.
</li>
</ol>
<h2>
2. Requirements
</h2>
<p>
This section describes any scope specific requirements that are not otherwise defined in the OAP.
</p>
<h3>
2.1 Organisation
</h3>
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>For Applicants with individual liability operating under their own name business name registration is OPTIONAL.
</li>
<li>Applicants MUST be a valid legal entity but MAY have an arbitrary number of registered trading names.
</li>
</ol>
<h3>
2.2 Records
</h3>
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>Digital Signatures MAY be accepted under implementation of EU European Directive 99/93/EG and EU national act:
<trvalign=top><td><i>Austria</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www.a-sit.at/signatur/rechtsrahmen/SigG_incl_Novelle2000.pdf">Signature Law 2000</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><i>Belgium</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://mineco.fgov.be/information_society/e-signatures/law_e_signature_002.pdf">Signature Law 9-7-2001 F.2001-2699</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><i>Czech Republic</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www.micr.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=1542">Act on Electronic Signatures, 227/2000</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><i>Denmark</i>:</td><td><ahref="https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=6193">Lov om elektroniske signaturer</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><i>Estonia</i>:</td><td><ahref="https://www.riigiteataja.ee/ert/act.jsp?id=694375">Digital Signature Law, 2000</a> (in Estonian).</td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><i></i></td><td><ahref="http://www.legaltext.ee/et/andmebaas/paraframe.asp?loc=text&lk=et&sk=en&dok=X30081K4.htm&query=digitaalallkirja&tyyp=X&ptyyp=RT&pg=1&fr=no">Digital Signatures Act (consolidated text Dec 2003)</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><i>Finland</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2003/20030014">Laki sähköisistä allekirjoituksista, 2003</a> (in Finnish)</td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><i>Germany</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://bundesrecht.juris.de/sigg_2001/index.html">German Signature Law of 2001, changed in 2005</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><i>Greece</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www.ekt.gr/content/img/product/14911/pd150_2001.pdf">Presidential Decree 150/2001</a> (in Greek)</td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><i>Lithuania</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter2/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=204802">Law on electronic signature, 2002</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><i>Luxembourg</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/textescoordonnes/recueils/COMMERCE_ELECTRONIQUE/SIGNATURE_ELECTRONIQUE.pdf">Loi du 14 août 2000 relative au commerce électronique, 2000</a> (in French)</td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><i>Malta</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://docs.justice.gov.mt/lom/legislation/english/leg/vol_13/chapt426.pdf">Maltese Electronic Commerce Act 2001, last amended 2005</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><i>Netherlands</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www.e-overheid.nl/thema/juridisch/handtekeningen/handtekeningen.html">Wet Elektronische Handtekeningen (WET) of 21st of May 2003</a> (in Dutch)</td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><i>Norway</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www.lovdata.no/all/hl-20010615-081.html">Electronic Signature Act, 2001</a> (in Norwegian).</td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><i></i></td><td><ahref="http://www.legi-internet.ro/en/e-sign.htm">Law on the Electronic Signature, 455/2001</a> (unofficial translation) </td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><i>Slovenia</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www2.gov.si/zak/Zak_vel.nsf/4c1d8c547755fffac1256616002dd5e1/c12563a400338836c12568fd00505349?OpenDocument">Electronic Business and Electronic Signature Act</a> (in Slovene)</td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><i>Spain</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A//www.aeat.es/descarga/ley59_2003.pdf">Ley 59/2003 , de 19 de diciembre, de firma electrónica</a> (in Spanish)</td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><i>Sweden</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www.riksdagen.se/webbnav/index.aspx?nid=3911&bet=2000:832">Qualified Electronic Signatures Act (SFS 2000:832)</a>) (in Swedish)</td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><i></i></td><td><ahref="http://www.pts.se/Archive/Documents/SE/engelsk%20oversattning%20av%20lag%20elektroniska%20signaturer.pdf">SFS 2000:832 in English translation</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><i>Switzerland</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/c943_03.html">Federal Law on Certification Services Concerning the Electronic Signature, 2003</a></td></tr>
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<li>Historic documents MAY be accepted where it can be proven that material changes have not been made (eg via absence of subsequent submissions in official document listings).
</li>
</ol>
<h3>
2.3 Application Form
</h3>
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>The licensing authority MUST be specified where applicable.
<br>
This is OPTIONAL for sole traders, sole professionals and partnerships operating under their own name(s).</br>
</li>
<li>The registry Identifier MUST be specified where applicable.
<br>
This is OPTIONAL for sole traders and partnerships operating under their own name(s).
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Belgium</i>:</td><td>International<br>Chambre de Commerce</td><td>CCI</td><td><atitle="International Chambre de Commerce"href="http://www.iccwbo.be">www.iccwbo.be</a></td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Bulgaria</i>:</td><td>Ministry of Justice</td><td>NGO</td><td><atitle="Central Register of non-governmental Legal Entities Sector"href="http://www.mjeli.government.bg/ngo/Default.aspx?cc=en&">www.mjeli.government.bg</a></td><td><atitle="registery agency"href="http://www.registryagency.bg/bg/">BG search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Cyprus</i>:</td><td>Dept of Registrar<br>of companies</td><td>DRC</td><td><atitle="Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver"href="http://www.mcit.gov.cy/mcit/drcor/drcor.nsf/aboutus_en/aboutus_en?OpenDocument">www.mcit.gov.cy</a></td><td><atitle="company search Cyprus"href="http://www.drcor.mcit.gov.cy/portal/page/portal/Eforos/dttSearch_en">CY search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Czech Republic</i>:</td><td>Ministry of Finance</td><td>ARES</td><td><atitle="Register of Trades and Register of Economic Entites"href="http://wwwinfo.mfcr.cz/ares/">wwwinfo.mfcr.cz</a></td><td><atitle=SZcompanysearch"href="http://wwwinfo.mfcr.cz/ares/ares_scp.html.cz">CZ search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Denmark</i>:</td><td>Central Business Register</td><td>VIRK</td><td><atitle="Det centrale virksomhedsregister"href="http://cvr.dk/Site/Forms/CMS/DisplayPage.aspx?pageid=0">virk.dk</td><td><atitle="DK search"href="http://cvr.dk/site/forms/businessresearch/research.aspx">DK search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="green"size=+1>•</font></td><td><i>Finland</i>:</td><td>Yritys-Ja<br>Yhteisötietojärjestelmä</td><td>BIS</td><td><atitle="Finnish Business Information System"href="http://www.ytj.fi/english/">www.ytj.fi</a></td><td><atitle="BIS-search"href="http://www.ytj.fi/english/yrityshaku.aspx?path=1704;1736;2052&kielikoodi=3">BIS search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="orange"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>France</i>:</td><td>Chambre de Commerce<br>et d'industrie</td><td>CCI</td><td><atitle="Chambre de Commerce et d'industrie"href="http://www.cci.fr">www.cci.fr</a></td><td><atitle="Company Search"href="http://www.cii.fr/do_recherche_libre?search=">CCI search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="orange"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i></i></td><td>Registre National du<br>Commerce et de Sociétés</td><td>INPI</td><td><atitle="National Register for trade and associations"href="http://www.euridile.inpi.fr/">www.euridile.inpi.fr</a></td><td><atitle="Company Search"href="http://www.euridile.inpi.fr/weur3/init.ow?WRNCSRV2=1314091302729960">Euridile search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="orange"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Germany</i>:</td><td>Handelsregister Portal</td><td></td><td><atitle="Gemeinsames Registerportal der Länder"href="http://www.handelsregister.de/rp_web/welcome.do">www.handelsregister.de</a></td><td><atitle="Normale Suche"href="http://www.handelsregister.de/rp_web/mask.do;jsessionid=0EAD204EBE7A43A2C1AE8A76CA6B0FA6.tc03n04?Typ=n">DE search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Greece</i>:</td><td>Athens Chamber of<br>Commerce and Industry</td><td>ACCI</td><td><atitle="Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry"href="http://www.acci.gr/en_index2.htm">www.acci.gr</a></td><td><atitle="business search"href="http://jobs.acci.gr/bs/eng/search.asp">ACCI search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Hungary</i>:</td><td>Ministry of Justice</td><td></td><td><atitle="Commercial Register"href="http://www.im.hu/?katid=2&id=53&mi=2">www.im.hu</a></td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Italy</i>:</td><td>InfoCamere</td><td></td><td><atitle="Italian Chamber of Commerce"href="http://web.telemaco.infocamere.it/">webtelemaco.infocamere.it</a></td><td><atitle="Infocamere Assistenza"href="http://assistenza.infocamere.it/">IT search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Latvia</i>:</td><td>Lursoft</td><td></td><td><atitle="Company Register for Latvian"href="http://www.lursoft.lv/?a=138&v=lv&v=en">www.lursoft.lv</a></td><td><atitle="database of all companies registered"href="http://www.lursoft.lv/?a=16&v=en">Lursoft search</td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Lithuania</i>:</td><td>Juridiniu Asmenu Registras</td><td></td><td><atitle="Commercial Register by Ministry of Justice"href="http://www.registrucentras.lt/index_en.php">www.registrucentras.lt</td><td><atitle="search of legal entities"href="http://www.registrucentras.lt/jar_p_en/">LT search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Luxembourg</i>:</td><td>Registre de<br>Commerce et des Sociétés</td><td>RCSL</td><td><atitle="Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés"href="https://www.rcsl.lu/mjrcs/index.do">www.rcsl.lu</a></td><td><atitle="extract search"href="https://www.rcsl.lu/mjrcs/extractConsultDocuments.do?removeList=true&removeDetail=true&isFromIndex=true">LU search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Malta</i>:</td><td>Registry of Companies</td><td>RNFS</td><td><atitle="Register of Corporations and Traders"href="http://registry.mfsa.com.mt/">registry.mfsa.com.mt</a></td><td><atitle="Name check"href="http://www.mfsa.com.mt/MFSAWebServices/">MT search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="green"size=+1>•</font></td><td><i>Netherlands</i>:</td><td>Kamer van Koophandel</td><td>KvK</td><td><atitle="Kamer van Koophyandel"href="http://www.kvk.nl/">www.kvk.nl</a></td><td><atitle="Company Search"href="http://www.kvk.nl/handelsregister/zoekenframeset.asp?url=https://server.db.kvk.nl/wwwsrvu/html/direct.htm">KvK search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Poland</i>:</td><td>Ministry of Justice</td><td>CORS</td><td><atitle="No Company Register in Place"href="http://opp.ms.gov.pl/">opp.ms.gov.pl</a></td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Romania</i>:</td><td>ReCom<br>Min. of Justice</td><td>ReCom</td><td><atitle="National Trade Register Office"href="http://recom.onrc.ro/indexe.htm">recom.onrc.ro</td><td><atitle="free search via guest_e/guest_e"href="https://recom5-ssl.onrc.ro/cgi-bin/recom.cgi">HU search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Slovakia</i>:</td><td>Obchodný register</td><td>ORSR</td><td><atitle="Min of Justice Company register"href="http://www.orsr.sk/default.asp?lan=en">www.orsr.sk</a></td><td><atitle="Company register search"href="http://www.orsr.sk/search_subjekt.asp?lan=en">SK search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Slovenia</i>:</td><td>Register Podjetij</td><td>GZS</td><td><atitle="Slovenian Commercial Register of Min of Commerce and Industry"href="http://www.gzs.si/register%5Feng/">www.gzs.si</a></td><td><atitle="Search company by name"href="http://www.gzs.si/register%5Feng/isk_1kr.asp">SI search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="green"size=+1>•</font></td><td><i></i></td><td>Bolagsverket</td><td></td><td><atitle="Bolasverket Regsitry of Ministry of Commerce"href="http://www.bolagsverket.se/">www.bolagsverket.se</a></td><td><atitle="Company Search"href="https://snr4.bolagsverket.se/snrgate/flik.do?flik=sok">SE search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Andorra</i>:</td><td>Oficina de Marques</td><td>OMPA</td><td><atitle="General Registry for Trade and Commerce"href="http://www.ompa.ad/indexang.html">www.ompa.ad</a></td><td><atitle="Trade Name search"href="http://www.ompa.ad/angles/comerc/cerca.htm">AD search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Bosinia &<br>Herzegovina</i>:</td><td>Gosodarska komora Federacije<br>Bosne i Hercegovine</td><td></td><td><atitle="Sate and private corporations and cooperatives"href="http://www.kfbih.com/eng/">www.kfbih.com</a></td><td><atitle="entity search"href="http://www.kfbih.com/eng/companyreg.htm">BH search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Croatia</i>:</td><td>Registar Poslovnih Subjekata</td><td>BIZNET</td><td><atitle="Register of business entities in Republic of Croatia"href="http://www1.biznet.hr/HgkWeb/do/extlogon?lang=en_GB">www1.biznet.hr</a></td><td><atitle="search"href="http://www1.biznet.hr/HgkWeb/do/language?lang=en_GB">CR search</td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Gibraltar</i>:</td><td>Companies House</td><td></td><td><atitle="Gibraltar Finance Centre"href="http://www.companieshouse.gi/">www.companieshouse.gi</a></td><td><atitle="service is not free"href="http://www.companieshouse.gi/namesearchauth.html">non free service</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="green"size=+1>•</font></td><td><i></i></td><td>Nøkkelopplysninger<br>fra Enhetsregisteret</td><td></td><td><atitle="Nøkkelopplysninger fra Enhetsregisteret"href="http://w2.brreg.no/enhet/sok/">w2.brreg.no</a></td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Switzerland</i>:</td><td>Central Business<br>Names Index portal</td><td>Zefix</td><td><atitle="Registry portal by Federal Office of Justice"href="http://www.zefix.admin.ch/">www.zefix.admin.ch</a></td><td><atitle="search"href="http://www.zefix.admin.ch/zfx-cgi/hrform.cgi/hraPage?alle_eintr=on&pers_sort=original&pers_num=0&language=4&col_width=366&amt=007">CH search portal</a></td></tr>
Every European country has a Domain Registry for the ccTLD country code. Domain registration of a organisation domain is checked with national Domain Registry.</p>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="orange"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Belgium</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign=center>.be</td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Bulgaria</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign=center>.bg</td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Denmark</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign=center>.dk</td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Estonia</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign=center>.ee</td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Greece</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign=center>.gr</td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Hungary</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign=center>.hu</td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Italy</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign=center>.it</td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Latvia</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign=center>.lv</td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Lithuania</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign=center>.lt</td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Luxembourg</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign=center>.lu</td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Malta</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign=center>.ml</td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="green"size=+1>•</font></td><td><i>Netherlands</td><td>Stichting Internet Domain<br>Registratie ("SIDN")</td><td><atitle="SIDN"href="http://www.sidn.nl/">www.sidn.nl</a></td><tdalign=center>.nl</td><td><atitle=".nl WHOIS"href="http://http://www.sidn.nl/ace.php/c,727,4015,,,,Zoeken_naar_domeinnaam-gegevens.html">search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Portugal</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign=center>.pt</td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Romania</i>:</td><td>Nat. Inst. for R&D and Informatics</td><td><atitle="NIC RO"href="http://www.nic.ro">www.nic.ro</a></td><tdalign=center>.ro</td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Slovakia</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign=center>.sk</td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Slovenia</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign=center>.si</td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="red"size=+2>•</font></td><td><i>Spain</i>:</td><td>Network Inf. Center</td><td><atitle="Network Information Center of Spain"href="http"></a></td><tdalign=center>.es</td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign=top><td><fontcolor="green"size=+1>•</font></td><td><i>Sweden</i>:</td><td>.SE </td><td><atitle=".SE internet infrastructure foundation"href="http://www.iis.se">www.se</a></td><tdalign=center>.se</td><td><ahref="http://www.iss.se/domains/domainandcontactsearch">search</a></td></tr>
<li>Trade Office Registration Identifier, a unique registration number.
</li>
</ol>
<h3>
3.3 Documents
</h3>
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>Extract from trade office registry.
</li>
</ol>
<h2>
4. Processes
</h2>
<h3>
4.1 Assurance
</h3>
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>Each person listed in an application MUST be individually assured and referenced by a confirmed email.
</li>
<li>All entities MUST be verified by a KvK search (all Dutch organisations including ministries and public offices, religious societies, liberal professions, partnerships, one-man business, association of house-owners, etc. must be registered from 31st of December 2009).
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<li>Partnership applicants MUST additionally be verified via an Extract as a current individual member and SHOULD be a managing partner.
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<li>Company applications MUST be made by an individual who is duly authorised to sign on behalf of the company:
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<li>Officeholder applicants (directors or preferably secretary) MUST be verified in an "Extract" (obtained from the KvK by the OA where fees are reclaimable from the applicant).
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<li>Any other applicant MUST prove that they are duly authorised to sign on behalf of the entity (for example via delegation and/or under company rules) to the satisfaction of the OA, for approval by the OAO.