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CAcert Organisation Assurance Program sub-policy for countriers in Europe with a national Trade Office Register.
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<a href="../PolicyOnPolicy.html"><img src="../Images/cacert-wip.png" alt="CAcert Policy Status" style="border-style: none;" height="31" width="88"></a><br>
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Author: Teus Hagen<br>
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Creation date: 2008-05-01<br>
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Status: WiP 2008-05-02<br>
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Next status: DRAFT 2008<br>
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0. Preliminaries
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<p>
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This CAcert sub-policy extends the Organisation Assurance Policy
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("OAP") by specifying how Organisation Assurance is to be conducted by
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the assigned Organisation Assurer ("OA") under the supervision of the
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Organisation Assurance Officer ("OAO") for entities within the defined
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scope. </p>
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<h2>
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1. Scope
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<p> This sub-policy is applicable
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to organisations registered with the Trade Office Registry as tabled in
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paragraph 3.1 of this sub-policy:<br>
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<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
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<li>Legal entities in the European Union and other European countries:<br>
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<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
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<li>Government Bodies & Instrumentalities;
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</li>
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<li>Private Owned Companies;
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</li>
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<li>Limited Companies;
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</li>
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<li>Clubs, Societies & Associations;
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</li>
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<li>Cooperations and mutual safeguarding Societies;
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</li>
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<li>Foundations;
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</li>
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<li>Sole Trader or Professional;
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</li>
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<li>Partnerships: Trade, Commanditair, Free Profession;
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</li>
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<li>Churches/Religious Groups.
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</li>
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</ol>
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</li>
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<li>European legal entities:
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European Economic Collaboration (EESV), European Limited Company (SE), European Cooperation (SCE).
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</li>
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<li>Foreign
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legal entities subjected to foreign jurisdiction but active in mainly
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in the EU country.The entity has registration duties in the EU (fin.
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year report, extract foreign TRO, accountant report. E.g. Private
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Limited Company (Ltd) in UK foreign jusrisdiction but mainly active in
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an EU country. </li>
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</ol>
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2. Requirements
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</h2>
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This section describes any scope specific requirements that are not otherwise defined in the OAP.
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<h3>
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2.1 Organisation
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</h3>
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<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
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<li>For
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Applicants with individual liability operating under their own name
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business name registration is optional. These Applicants can be assured
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as company (Trade Office Registration is required) and/or as
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individual: CAcert Assurance Programme.</li>
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<li>Applicants must be a valid legal entity but may have an arbitrary number of registered trading names.
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</li>
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2.2 Records
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<li>Historic
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supplemental documents may be accepted where it can be proven that
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material changes have not been made (eg via absence of subsequent
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submissions in official document listings). </li>
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<h3>
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2.3 Application Form
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<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
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<li>The licensing authority must be specified where applicable.
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<br>
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This is optional for sole traders, sole professionals and partnerships
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operating under their own name(s): CAcert Assurance Programme. </li>
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<li>The registry Identifier must be specified where applicable.
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<br>
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This is optional for sole traders and partnerships operating under their own name(s): CAcert Assurance Programme.
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</li>
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</ol>
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3. Registration
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3.1 Trade Office Registries
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Organisation accepted for Assurance under this policy is an
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organisation or entity registered with a national operating formal
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Trade Office Registrar in the country, as tabled in Appendix I (Trade
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Office Registrars in EU countries and other European countries).</p>
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<p>The criteria for adding a country and the national Trade Office Registrar:
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<li>The Trade Office Registrar follows the trade office model, in which
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the trade office is a formal authority for registering legal entities
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(not individuals).</li>
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<li>The Trade Office Registrar is a formal entity under national (European) law.</li>
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<li>The Trade Office Registrar is defined in the table of Appendix I.</li>
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<li>The Trade Office Registrar has a reliable search facility service.
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The service may carry costs which are reimbursed from the organisation
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applicant.</li>
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<li>The Trade Office Registrar provides an Extract of the registration,
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providing location, type of organisation, full name of the
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organisation, direcvtors with signature power and their signature
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structure, organistration registration "Identification" number.</li>
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<li>Any entity registerable at the trade office is accepted.
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</li>
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</ol>
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<h3>
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3.2 Domain Registries
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</h3>
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<p>
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Every European country has a Domain Registry for the ccTLD country code
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under which a company domain can be registrated with. Domain
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registration of a organisation domain is checked with national Domain
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Registry via whois.</p>
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<p>A table with an overview of different countries and their country top domain registrars is defined in Appendix III.</p>
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<h3>
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3.2 Registry Identifiers
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<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
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<li>Trade Office Registration Identifier, a unique registration number obtained from the Trade Office Registrar.
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</li>
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3.3 Documents
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</h3>
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<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
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<li>The Extract from the Trade Office Registry.
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</li>
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</ol>
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4. Processes
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</h2>
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4.1 Assurance
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<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
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<li>Each person listed in an application must be individually assured and referenced by a confirmed email.
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</li>
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<li>All entities must be verified by a office trade registrar search.
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</li>
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<li>Partnership
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applicants must additionally be verified via an Extract as a current
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individual member and should be a managing partner. </li>
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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
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Applicants (directors or preferably secretary) must be verified in an
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"Extract" (obtained from the Trade Office Registrar by the OA where
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fees are reclaimable from the applicant). </li>
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<li>Any other Applicant must prove that they are duly
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authorised to sign on behalf of the entity (for example via delegation
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and/or under company rules) to the satisfaction of the OA, for approval
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by the OA Officer. </li>
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</ol>
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</li>
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</p><h1>Appendix I</h1>
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<h2>Table of accepted Trade Office Registrars for EU countries</h2>
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The green dot <font color="green" size="+2">•</font> denotes an accepted registrar. The orange dot<font color="orange" size="+2">•</font> denotes a registrar being accepted. The red dot <font color="red" size="+2">•</font> denotes a registrar awaiting feedback from that country to be accepted for company registration extracts.
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<table>
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<thead>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="green" size="+1">?</font></td><td></td><th align="left">registry</th><th></th><th align="left">web address</th><th align="left">search address</th></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="green" size="+1"></font></td><th>EU countries</th><td></td><td></td><td><a title="" href=""></a></td><td></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="orange" size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Austria</i>:</td><td>Bundesministerium<br>für Justiz</td><td></td><td><a title="Firmenbuch" href="http://www.bmj.gv.at/buergerinfo/index.php">www.bmj.gv.at</a></td><td></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Belgium</i>:</td><td>International<br>Chambre de Commerce</td><td>CCI</td><td><a title="International Chambre de Commerce" href="http://www.iccwbo.be">www.iccwbo.be</a></td><td></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">•</font></td><td><i></i></td><td>Coface</td><td>CCI</td><td><a title="Coface services" href="http://www.eurodb.be">www.eurodb.be</a></td><td><a title="quick search" href="http://www.eurodb.be/scriptsPublic/arianeweb.dll/e/m_mkt_rech">Coface search</a></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Bulgaria</i>:</td><td>Ministry of Justice</td><td>NGO</td><td><a title="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><a title="registery agency" href="http://www.registryagency.bg/bg/">BG search</a></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Cyprus</i>:</td><td>Dept of Registrar<br>of companies</td><td>DRC</td><td><a title="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><a title="company search Cyprus" href="http://www.drcor.mcit.gov.cy/portal/page/portal/Eforos/dttSearch_en">CY search</a></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Czech Republic</i>:</td><td>Ministry of Finance</td><td>ARES</td><td><a title="Register of Trades and Register of Economic Entites" href="http://wwwinfo.mfcr.cz/ares/">wwwinfo.mfcr.cz</a></td><td><a title="SZ" company="" search="" href="http://wwwinfo.mfcr.cz/ares/ares_scp.html.cz">CZ search</a></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Denmark</i>:</td><td>Central Business Register</td><td>VIRK</td><td><a title="Det centrale virksomhedsregister" href="http://cvr.dk/Site/Forms/CMS/DisplayPage.aspx?pageid=0">virk.dk</a></td><td><a title="DK search" href="http://cvr.dk/site/forms/businessresearch/research.aspx">DK search</a></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Estonia</i>:</td><td>E-Äriregister</td><td>RIK</td><td><a title="Äriregistri Teabesüsteem (Central Commercial Register)" href="https://ariregister.rik.ee/index.py?lang=eng">ariregister.rik.ee</a></td><td><a title="EE search" href="https://ariregister.rik.ee/liht_kanded.py">EE search</a></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="green" size="+1">•</font></td><td><i>Finland</i>:</td><td>Yritys-Ja<br>Yhteisötietojärjestelmä</td><td>BIS</td><td><a title="Finnish Business Information System" href="http://www.ytj.fi/english/">www.ytj.fi</a></td><td><a title="BIS-search" href="http://www.ytj.fi/english/yrityshaku.aspx?path=1704;1736;2052&kielikoodi=3">BIS search</a></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="orange" size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>France</i>:</td><td>Chambre de Commerce<br>et d'industrie</td><td>CCI</td><td><a title="Chambre de Commerce et d'industrie" href="http://www.cci.fr">www.cci.fr</a></td><td><a title="Company Search" href="http://www.cii.fr/do_recherche_libre?search=">CCI search</a></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="orange" size="+2">•</font></td><td><i></i></td><td>Registre National du<br>Commerce et de Sociétés</td><td>INPI</td><td><a title="National Register for trade and associations" href="http://www.euridile.inpi.fr/">www.euridile.inpi.fr</a></td><td><a title="Company Search" href="http://www.euridile.inpi.fr/weur3/init.ow?WRNCSRV2=1314091302729960">Euridile search</a></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="orange" size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Germany</i>:</td><td>Handelsregister Portal</td><td></td><td><a title="Gemeinsames Registerportal der Länder" href="http://www.handelsregister.de/rp_web/welcome.do">www.handelsregister.de</a></td><td><a title="Normale Suche" href="http://www.handelsregister.de/rp_web/mask.do;jsessionid=0EAD204EBE7A43A2C1AE8A76CA6B0FA6.tc03n04?Typ=n">DE search</a></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Greece</i>:</td><td>Athens Chamber of<br>Commerce and Industry</td><td>ACCI</td><td><a title="Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry" href="http://www.acci.gr/en_index2.htm">www.acci.gr</a></td><td><a title="business search" href="http://jobs.acci.gr/bs/eng/search.asp">ACCI search</a></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Hungary</i>:</td><td>Ministry of Justice</td><td></td><td><a title="Commercial Register" href="http://www.im.hu/?katid=2&id=53&mi=2">www.im.hu</a></td><td></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="green" size="+1">•</font></td><td><i>Ireland</i>:</td><td>Companies Registration Office</td><td>CRO</td><td><a title="Companies Registration Office" href="http://www.cro.ie/">www.cro.ie</a></td><td><a title="Company Search" href="http://www.cro.ie/search/">CRO search</a></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Italy</i>:</td><td>InfoCamere</td><td></td><td><a title="Italian Chamber of Commerce" href="http://web.telemaco.infocamere.it/">webtelemaco.infocamere.it</a></td><td><a title="Infocamere Assistenza" href="http://assistenza.infocamere.it/">IT search</a></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Latvia</i>:</td><td>Lursoft</td><td></td><td><a title="Company Register for Latvian" href="http://www.lursoft.lv/?a=138&v=lv&v=en">www.lursoft.lv</a></td><td><a title="database of all companies registered" href="http://www.lursoft.lv/?a=16&v=en">Lursoft search</a></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Lithuania</i>:</td><td>Juridiniu Asmenu Registras</td><td></td><td><a title="Commercial Register by Ministry of Justice" href="http://www.registrucentras.lt/index_en.php">www.registrucentras.lt</a></td><td><a title="search of legal entities" href="http://www.registrucentras.lt/jar_p_en/">LT search</a></td></tr>
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The green dot <font color="green" size="+2">•</font> denotes an accepted registrar. The orange <font color="orange" size="+2">•</font> denotes a registrar being accepted. The red dot <font sie="+2" color="red">•</font> denotes a registrar awaiting feedback from that country to be accepted for company registration extracts.
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<tbody><tr valign="top"><td><font color="green" size="+1"></font></td><th>other countries</th><td></td><td></td><td><a title="" href=""></a></td><td></td></tr>
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<h2>National acts on digital signatures</h2>
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<i>Comment</i>:
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The legal requirement is that there is sufficient evidense and trust.
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<tbody><tr valign="top"><td><i>Austria</i>:</td><td><a href="http://www.a-sit.at/signatur/rechtsrahmen/SigG_incl_Novelle2000.pdf">Signature Law 2000</a></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><i>Belgium</i>:</td><td><a href="http://mineco.fgov.be/information_society/e-signatures/law_e_signature_002.pdf">Signature Law 9-7-2001 F.2001-2699</a></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><i>Czech Republic</i>:</td><td><a href="http://www.micr.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=1542">Act on Electronic Signatures, 227/2000</a></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><i>Denmark</i>:</td><td><a href="https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=6193">Lov om elektroniske signaturer</a></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><i>Estonia</i>:</td><td><a href="https://www.riigiteataja.ee/ert/act.jsp?id=694375">Digital Signature Law, 2000</a> (in Estonian).</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><i></i></td><td><a href="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>
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<tr valign="top"><td><i>Finland</i>:</td><td><a href="http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2003/20030014">Laki sähköisistä allekirjoituksista, 2003</a> (in Finnish)</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><i>Norway</i>:</td><td><a href="http://www.lovdata.no/all/hl-20010615-081.html">Electronic Signature Act, 2001</a> (in Norwegian).</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><i>Romania</i>:</td><td><a href="http://www.legi-internet.ro/lgsemel.htm">Legea semnăturii electronice, 455/2001</a> </td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><i>Spain</i>:</td><td><a href="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>
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<tr valign="top"><td><i>Sweden</i>:</td><td><a href="http://www.riksdagen.se/webbnav/index.aspx?nid=3911&bet=2000:832">Qualified Electronic Signatures Act (SFS 2000:832)</a>) (in Swedish)</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><i></i></td><td><a href="http://www.pts.se/Archive/Documents/SE/engelsk%20oversattning%20av%20lag%20elektroniska%20signaturer.pdf">SFS 2000:832 in English translation</a></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><i>Switzerland</i>:</td><td><a href="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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<tr valign="top"><td><i>United Kingdom</i>:</td><td><a href="http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/20000007.htm#7">Electronic Communications Act, 2000</a></td></tr>
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<h1>Appendix III</h1>
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<p>Table with country top level domain registrars</p>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="green" size="+1">•</font></td><td><i>Ireland</i>:</td><td>IE Domain Registry Ltd</td><td><a title="IE Domain Registry Ltd" href="http://www.domainregistry.ie/">www.domainregistry.ie</a></td><td align="center">.ie</td><td><a title=".ie WHOIS" href="http://www.domainregistry.ie/cgi-bin/whois.cgi">search</a></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Lithuania</i>:</td><td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td><td></td><td align="center">.lt</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Luxembourg</i>:</td><td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td><td></td><td align="center">.lu</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Malta</i>:</td><td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td><td></td><td align="center">.ml</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td><font color="green" size="+1">•</font></td><td><i>Netherlands</i></td><td>Stichting Internet Domain<br>Registratie ("SIDN")</td><td><a title="SIDN" href="http://www.sidn.nl/">www.sidn.nl</a></td><td align="center">.nl</td><td><a title=".nl WHOIS" href="http://http://www.sidn.nl/ace.php/c,727,4015,,,,Zoeken_naar_domeinnaam-gegevens.html">search</a></td></tr>
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