<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>
<tr><td><i>France</i>:</td><td>Chambre de Commerce<br>et d'industrie</td><tdalign=top>CCI</td><tdalign=top><atitle="Chambre de Commerce et d'industrie"href="http://www.cci.fr">www.cci.fr</a></td><tdalign=top><atitle="Company Search"href="http://www.cii.fr/do_recherche_libre?search=">CCI search</a></td></tr>
<tr><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>
<tr><td><i></i></td><td>Nøkkelopplysninger<br>fra Enhetsregisteret</td><td></td><tdalign=top><atitle="Nøkkelopplysninger fra Enhetsregisteret"href="http://w2.brreg.no/enhet/sok/">w2.brreg.no</a></td><td></td></tr>
<!-- <tr><td><i>Romania</i>:</td>Camerei de Comert si Industrie</td><td>CCIRR</td><td><a title="Camerei de Comert si Industrie Romano - Rusa" href="http://www.ccirr.ro"</td><td></td><td></td></tr> -->
<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>
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</table>
<h3>
3.2 Domain Registries
</h3>
<p>
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>
<!-- <tr><td><i>Spain</i>:</td>Network Inf. Center<td><a title="Networjk Information Center of Spain" href="http">www</a></td><td></td><td align=center>.es</td><td>search</td></tr> -->
<tr><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">SE search</a></td></tr>
<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>
Teus Hagen
16 years ago