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Organisation Assurance - sub-policy for German organisations

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- CAcert Work In Progress
- Author: Jens Paul
- Creation date: WIP 2007-10-19
- Status: DRAFT 2007-10-22 based on WIP version 0.2
- Next status: POLICY 2008
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0. Preliminaries

-This sub-policy describes how Organisation Assurers ("OAs") conduct assurances on German organisations. -It fits within the overall web-of-trust or assurance process and the Organisation Assurance Policy (OAP) of CAcert. -


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1. Purpose

-This is a subsidiary policy to the OAP. -

-a. This sub-policy is applicable for the assurance of German organisations only.
-b. This sub-policy is an implementation of the OAP.
-c. In the below, where the Assurance Officer (AO) is referred to, this includes his local delegate. -


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2. Organisation Assurers

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2.1 Requirements for the Organisation Assurer

-In addition to the requirements defined in the OAP, an OA must meet the following requirements for assuring German organisations:
-a. Knowledge on common legal forms of organisations in Germany.
-b. Must pass an additional test on local knowledge even if he is already an OA.
-c. Should help the AO to define local requirements. -


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3. Process

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3.1 Organisations

-Acceptable organisations under this sub-policy must be: -

-a. Organisations created under the rules of the German jurisdiction.
-b. Organisations must not be revoked by a competent authority with direct oversight over the organisation. -

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3.2 Documents

-The organisation has to provide documents to prove the essential standard of Organisation Assurance as defined in the policy:
-a. The primary mechanism to prove existence is to get an official extract from the official register, either via an online interface -or via physical means (organisation is asked to carry the costs)
-b. Where not available, an official document will be required from the company, subject to such checks as defined by the AO.
-c. If copies of official extracts from the official register are provided, they must be officially certified
-d. Extracts from the official register should not be older than 4 weeks.
-e. The AO maintains a list of which specific documents and tests can be acceptable for the certain types -of organisations.
-f. The OA can ask for additional documents if needed to validate required information for the assurance action. -

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3.3 COAP

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-In addition to the checks defined in the policy, the COAP form for German organisations requires:
-a. The OA must keep all documentation for 10 years.
-b. Signatures from organisation officials must meet the following requirements
-    i.   as legally specified for the type of organisation
-    ii.  as specified in the official documents (f.e. the excerpt from the register)
-    iii. as delegated within the organisation (proof of delegation needed) -

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