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<title>CACert Organisation Assurance Program sub-policy for countries in Europe.
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CAcert Organisation Assurance Program sub-policy for countriers in Europe with a national Trade Office Register.
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<h1>
CAcert Organisation Assurance Program sub-policy<br>for countriers in Europe<br>with a national Trade Office Register
</h1>
<p>
<a href="../PolicyOnPolicy.html"><img src="../Images/cacert-wip.png" alt="CAcert Policy Status" style="border-style: none;" height="31" width="88"></a><br>
@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ paragraph 3.1 of this sub-policy:<br>
</li>
<li>Sole Trader or Professional;
</li>
<li>Partnerships: Trade, Commanditair, Free Profession;
<li>Partnerships: Trade, Silent Partnership, Free Profession;
</li>
<li>Churches/Religious Groups.
</li>
@ -60,9 +62,9 @@ European Economic Collaboration (EESV), European Limited Company (SE), European
</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.
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
Limited Company (Ltd) in UK foreign jurisdiction but mainly active in
an EU country. </li>
</ol>
<h2>
@ -86,10 +88,9 @@ individual: CAcert Assurance Programme.</li>
<h3>
2.2 Records
</h3>
<li>Historic
supplemental documents may be accepted where it can be proven that
Historic supplemental 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>
submissions in official document listings).
<h3>
2.3 Application Form
@ -114,40 +115,38 @@ This is optional for sole traders and partnerships operating under their own nam
<p>
Organisation accepted for Assurance under this policy is an
organisation or entity registered with a national operating formal
Trade Office Registrar in the country, as tabled in Appendix I (Trade
Office Registrars in EU countries and other European countries).</p>
<p>The criteria for adding a country and the national Trade Office Registrar:
Trade Office Registry in the country, as tabled in Appendix I (Trade
Office Registries in EU countries and other European countries).</p>
<p>The criteria for adding a country and the national Trade Office Registry:
</p><ol>
<li>The Trade Office Registrar follows the trade office model, in which
<li>The Trade Office Registry follows the trade office model, in which
the trade office is a formal authority for registering legal entities
(not individuals).</li>
<li>The Trade Office Registrar is a formal entity under national (European) law.</li>
<li>The Trade Office Registrar is defined in the table of Appendix I.</li>
<li>The Trade Office Registrar has a reliable search facility service.
<li>The Trade Office Registry is a formal entity under national (European) law.</li>
<li>The Trade Office Registry is defined in the table of Appendix I.</li>
<li>The Trade Office Registry has a reliable search facility service.
The service may carry costs which are reimbursed from the organisation
applicant.</li>
<li>The Trade Office Registrar provides an Extract of the registration,
<li>The Trade Office Registry provides an Extract of the registration,
providing location, type of organisation, full name of the
organisation, direcvtors with signature power and their signature
structure, organistration registration "Identification" number.</li>
<li>Any entity registerable at the trade office is accepted.
organisation, directors with signature power and their signature
structure, organisation registration "Identification" number.</li>
<li>Any entity which has a registration extract from the trade office is accepted.
</li>
</ol>
<h3>
3.2 Domain Registries
3.2 Domain Registrars
</h3>
<p>
Every European country has a Domain Registry for the ccTLD country code
under which a company domain can be registrated with. Domain
Every European country has a Domain Registrar for the ccTLD country code
under which a company domain may have a domain registration. Domain
registration of a organisation domain is checked with national Domain
Registry via whois.</p>
<p>A table with an overview of different countries and their country top domain registrars is defined in Appendix III.</p>
Registry via whois and other means.</p>
<h3>
3.2 Registry Identifiers
</h3>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>Trade Office Registration Identifier, a unique registration number obtained from the Trade Office Registrar.
<li>Trade Office Registration Identifier, a unique registration number obtained from the Trade Office Registry.
</li>
</ol>
<h3>
@ -166,7 +165,7 @@ Registry via whois.</p>
<ol style="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 office trade registrar search.
<li>All entities must be verified by a office trade registry search.
</li>
<li>Partnership
applicants must additionally be verified via an Extract as a current
@ -175,7 +174,7 @@ individual member and should be a managing partner. </li>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li>Officeholder
Applicants (directors or preferably secretary) must be verified in an
"Extract" (obtained from the Trade Office Registrar by the OA where
"Extract" (obtained from the Trade Office Registry by the OA where
fees are reclaimable from the applicant). </li>
<li>Any other Applicant must prove that they are duly
authorised to sign on behalf of the entity (for example via delegation
@ -186,69 +185,366 @@ by the OA Officer. </li>
</ol>
<p>
</p><h1>Appendix I</h1>
<h2>Table of accepted Trade Office Registrars for EU countries</h2>
<h2>Table of accepted Trade Office Registries for EU countries</h2>
<p>
The green dot <font color="green" size="+2">&#8226;</font> denotes an accepted registrar. The orange dot<font color="orange" size="+2">&#8226;</font> denotes a registrar being accepted. The red dot <font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font> denotes a registrar awaiting feedback from that country to be accepted for company registration extracts.
The green dot <font color="green" size="+2">&#8226;</font> denotes an accepted registry. The orange dot<font color="orange" size="+2">&#8226;</font> denotes a registry being accepted. The red dot <font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font> denotes a registry awaiting feedback from that country to be accepted for company registration extracts.
</p>
<table>
<thead>
<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>
<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>
<tr valign="top">
<td></td>
<td></td>
<th align="left">registry</th>
<th></th>
<th align="left">web address</th>
<th align="left">search address</th>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<th>EU countries</th>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td><a title="" href=""></a></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="orange" size="+2">&#8226;</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>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</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>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</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>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</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&amp;">www.mjeli.government.bg</a></td><td><a title="registery agency" href="http://www.registryagency.bg/bg/">BG search</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</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>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</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>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</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>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Estonia</i>:</td><td>E-Ã&#8222;riregister</td><td>RIK</td><td><a title="Ã&#8222;riregistri 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>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="green" size="+1">&#8226;</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&amp;kielikoodi=3">BIS search</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="orange" size="+2">&#8226;</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>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="orange" size="+2">&#8226;</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>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="orange" size="+2">&#8226;</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>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</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>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</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&amp;id=53&amp;mi=2">www.im.hu</a></td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="green" size="+1">&#8226;</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>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</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>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</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&amp;v=lv&amp;v=en">www.lursoft.lv</a></td><td><a title="database of all companies registered" href="http://www.lursoft.lv/?a=16&amp;v=en">Lursoft search</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</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>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Luxembourg</i>:</td><td>Registre de<br>Commerce et des Sociétés</td><td>RCSL</td><td><a title="Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés" href="https://www.rcsl.lu/mjrcs/index.do">www.rcsl.lu</a></td><td><a title="extract search" href="https://www.rcsl.lu/mjrcs/extractConsultDocuments.do?removeList=true&amp;removeDetail=true&amp;isFromIndex=true">LU search</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Malta</i>:</td><td>Registry of Companies</td><td>RNFS</td><td><a title="Register of Corporations and Traders" href="http://registry.mfsa.com.mt/">registry.mfsa.com.mt</a></td><td><a title="Name check" href="http://www.mfsa.com.mt/MFSAWebServices/">MT search</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="green" size="+1">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Netherlands</i>:</td><td>Kamer van Koophandel</td><td>KvK</td><td><a title="Kamer van Koophyandel" href="http://www.kvk.nl/">www.kvk.nl</a></td><td><a title="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 valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Poland</i>:</td><td>Ministry of Justice</td><td>CORS</td><td><a title="No Company Register in Place" href="http://opp.ms.gov.pl/">opp.ms.gov.pl</a></td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Portugal</i>:</td><td>Conservatórias do<br>Registo Comercial</td><td></td><td><a title="Registo Commercial" href="http://www.dgrn.mj.pt/db_com/endcom1.asp">www.dgrn.mj.pt</a></td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Romania</i>:</td><td>ReCom<br>Min. of Justice</td><td>ReCom</td><td><a title="National Trade Register Office" href="http://recom.onrc.ro/indexe.htm">recom.onrc.ro</a></td><td><a title="free search via guest_e/guest_e" href="https://recom5-ssl.onrc.ro/cgi-bin/recom.cgi">HU search</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Slovakia</i>:</td><td>Obchodný register</td><td>ORSR</td><td><a title="Min of Justice Company register" href="http://www.orsr.sk/default.asp?lan=en">www.orsr.sk</a></td><td><a title="Company register search" href="http://www.orsr.sk/search_subjekt.asp?lan=en">SK search</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Slovenia</i>:</td><td>Register Podjetij</td><td>GZS</td><td><a title="Slovenian Commercial Register of Min of Commerce and Industry" href="http://www.gzs.si/register%5Feng/">www.gzs.si</a></td><td><a title="Search company by name" href="http://www.gzs.si/register%5Feng/isk_1kr.asp">SI search</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Spain</i>:</td><td>Registro Mercantil Central</td><td>RMC</td><td><a title="Central Mercantile Register" href="http://www.ncc.es">www.nnc.es</a></td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="green" size="+1">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Sweden</i>:</td><td>Skatteverket</td><td></td><td><a title="Skatteverket" href="http://www.skatteverket.se/">www.skatteverket.se</a></td><td><a title="Company Search" href="http://www.skatteverket.se/skatter/adressuppgiftviafax.4.18e1b10334ebe8bc80003127.html">SE search</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="green" size="+1">&#8226;</font></td><td><i></i></td><td>Bolagsverket</td><td></td><td><a title="Bolasverket Regsitry of Ministry of Commerce" href="http://www.bolagsverket.se/">www.bolagsverket.se</a></td><td><a title="Company Search" href="https://snr4.bolagsverket.se/snrgate/flik.do?flik=sok">SE search</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="green" size="+1">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>United Kingdom</i>:</td><td>Companies House</td><td>CH</td><td><a title="Companies House" href="http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/">www.companieshouse.gov.uk</a></td><td><a title="Web Check" href="http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/WebCHeck/fastrack/">CH search</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Austria</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="orange" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>Bundesministerium<br>f&umml;r 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>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Belgium</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></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>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i></i></td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></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>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Bulgaria</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></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>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Cyprus</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></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>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Czech Republic</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></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>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Denmark</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></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</td>
<td><a title="DK search" href="http://cvr.dk/site/forms/businessresearch/research.aspx">DK search</a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Estonia</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>E-&Auml;riregister</td>
<td>RIK</td>
<td><a title="&Auml;riregistri Teabes&umml;steem (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>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Finland</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="green" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>Yritys-Ja<br>Yhteis&ouml;tietoj&auml;rjestelm&auml;</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>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>France</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="orange" size="+2">&#8226;</font></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>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i></i></td>
<td valign="top"><font color="orange" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>Registre National du<br>Commerce et de Soci&eacute;t&eacute;s</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>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Germany</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="orange" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>Handelsregister Portal</td>
<td></td>
<td><a title="Gemeinsames Registerportal der L&auml;nder" 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>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Greece</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></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>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Hungary</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></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>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Ireland</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="green" size="+2">&#8226;</font></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>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Italy</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></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>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Latvia</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></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</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Lithuania</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></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</td>
<td><a title="search of legal entities" href="http://www.registrucentras.lt/jar_p_en/">LT search</a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Luxembourg</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>Registre de<br>Commerce et des Soci&eacute;t&eacute;s</td>
<td>RCSL</td>
<td><a title="Registre de Commerce et des Soci&eacute;t&eacute;s" href="https://www.rcsl.lu/mjrcs/index.do">www.rcsl.lu</a></td>
<td><a title="extract search" href="https://www.rcsl.lu/mjrcs/extractConsultDocuments.do?removeList=true&removeDetail=true&isFromIndex=true">LU search</a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Malta</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>Registry of Companies</td>
<td>RNFS</td>
<td><a title="Register of Corporations and Traders" href="http://registry.mfsa.com.mt/">registry.mfsa.com.mt</a></td>
<td><a title="Name check" href="http://www.mfsa.com.mt/MFSAWebServices/">MT search</a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Netherlands</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="green" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>Kamer van Koophandel</td>
<td>KvK</td>
<td><a title="Kamer van Koophyandel" href="http://www.kvk.nl/">www.kvk.nl</a></td>
<td><a title="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 valign="top">
<td><i>Poland</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>Ministry of Justice</td>
<td>CORS</td>
<td><a title="No Company Register in Place" href="http://opp.ms.gov.pl/">opp.ms.gov.pl</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Portugal</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>Conservat&oacute;rias do<br>Registo Comercial</td>
<td></td>
<td><a title="Registo Commercial" href="http://www.dgrn.mj.pt/db_com/endcom1.asp">www.dgrn.mj.pt</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Romania</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>ReCom<br>Min. of Justice</td>
<td>ReCom</td>
<td><a title="National Trade Register Office" href="http://recom.onrc.ro/indexe.htm">recom.onrc.ro</td>
<td><a title="free search via guest_e/guest_e" href="https://recom5-ssl.onrc.ro/cgi-bin/recom.cgi">HU search</a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Slovakia</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>Obchodn&yacute; register</td>
<td>ORSR</td>
<td><a title="Min of Justice Company register" href="http://www.orsr.sk/default.asp?lan=en">www.orsr.sk</a></td>
<td><a title="Company register search" href="http://www.orsr.sk/search_subjekt.asp?lan=en">SK search</a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Slovenia</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>Register Podjetij</td>
<td>GZS</td>
<td><a title="Slovenian Commercial Register of Min of Commerce and Industry" href="http://www.gzs.si/register%5Feng/">www.gzs.si</a></td>
<td><a title="Search company by name" href="http://www.gzs.si/register%5Feng/isk_1kr.asp">SI search</a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Spain</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>Registro Mercantil Central</td>
<td>RMC</td>
<td><a title="Central Mercantile Register" href="http://www.ncc.es">www.nnc.es</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Sweden</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="green" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>Skatteverket</td>
<td></td>
<td><a title="Skatteverket" href="http://www.skatteverket.se/">www.skatteverket.se</a></td>
<td><a title="Company Search"href="http://www.skatteverket.se/skatter/adressuppgiftviafax.4.18e1b10334ebe8bc80003127.html">SE search</a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i></i></td>
<td valign="top"><font color="green" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>Bolagsverket</td>
<td></td>
<td><a title="Bolasverket Regsitry of Ministry of Commerce" href="http://www.bolagsverket.se/">www.bolagsverket.se</a></td>
<td><a title="Company Search"href="https://snr4.bolagsverket.se/snrgate/flik.do?flik=sok">SE search</a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>United Kingdom</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="green" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>Companies House</td>
<td>CH</td>
<td><a title="Companies House" href="http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/">www.companieshouse.gov.uk</a></td>
<td><a title="Web Check"href="http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/WebCHeck/fastrack/">CH search</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2>Table of accepted Trade Office Registrars for other European countries</h2>
<h2>Table of accepted Trade Office Registries for other European countries</h2>
<p>
The green dot <font color="green" size="+2">&#8226;</font> denotes an accepted registrar. The orange <font color="orange" size="+2">&#8226;</font> denotes a registrar being accepted. The red dot <font sie="+2" color="red">&#8226;</font> denotes a registrar awaiting feedback from that country to be accepted for company registration extracts.
The green dot <font color="green" size="+2">&#8226;</font> denotes an accepted registry. The orange <font color="orange" size="+2">&#8226;</font> denotes a registry being accepted. The red dot <font sie="+2" color="red">&#8226;</font> denotes a registry awaiting feedback from that country to be accepted for company registration extracts.
</p>
<table>
<thead>
<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>
<tr valign="top">
<td></td>
<td valign="top"><font color="green" size="+2">?</font></td>
<th align="left">registry</th>
<th></th>
<th align="left">web address</th>
<th align="left">search address</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<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>
<tbody><tr valign="top">
<th>other countries</th>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody><tbody>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Andorra</i>:</td><td>Oficina de Marques</td><td>OMPA</td><td><a title="General Registry for Trade and Commerce" href="http://www.ompa.ad/indexang.html">www.ompa.ad</a></td><td><a title="Trade Name search" href="http://www.ompa.ad/angles/comerc/cerca.htm">AD search</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Bosinia &amp;<br>Herzegovina</i>:</td><td>Gosodarska komora Federacije<br>Bosne i Hercegovine</td><td></td><td><a title="Sate and private corporations and cooperatives" href="http://www.kfbih.com/eng/">www.kfbih.com</a></td><td><a title="entity search" href="http://www.kfbih.com/eng/companyreg.htm">BH search</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Croatia</i>:</td><td>Registar Poslovnih Subjekata</td><td>BIZNET</td><td><a title="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><a title="search" href="http://www1.biznet.hr/HgkWeb/do/language?lang=en_GB">CR search</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Gibraltar</i>:</td><td>Companies House</td><td></td><td><a title="Gibraltar Finance Centre" href="http://www.companieshouse.gi/">www.companieshouse.gi</a></td><td><a title="service is not free" href="http://www.companieshouse.gi/namesearchauth.html">non free service</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="green" size="+1">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Norway</i>:</td><td>Brønnøysund Register Centre</td><td></td><td><a title="Brønnøysundregistrene" href="http://www.brreg.no/">www.brreg.no</a></td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td></td><td><i></i></td><td>Nøkkelopplysninger<br>fra Enhetsregisteret</td><td></td><td><a title="Nøkkelopplysninger fra Enhetsregisteret" href="http://w2.brreg.no/enhet/sok/">w2.brreg.no</a></td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Serbia</i>:</td><td>Serbian Commercial Register<br>Ð&#144;генÑ&#8224;иÑ&#732;а за<br>пÑ&#8364;ивÑ&#8364;едне Ñ&#8364;егиÑ&#129;Ñ&#8218;Ñ&#8364;е</td><td></td><td><a title="Serbian Commercial Register" href="http://www2.apr.sr.gov.yu/default.aspx">www.apr.sr.gov.yu</a></td><td><a title="search" href="http://www.apr.sr.gov.yu/RepsisPublicSite/Search/GeneralEnterpriseSearch.aspx?lngrnd=877165440">YU search</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Switzerland</i>:</td><td>Central Business<br>Names Index portal</td><td>Zefix</td><td><a title="Registry portal by Federal Office of Justice" href="http://www.zefix.admin.ch/">www.zefix.admin.ch</a></td><td><a title="search" href="http://www.zefix.admin.ch/zfx-cgi/hrform.cgi/hraPage?alle_eintr=on&amp;pers_sort=original&amp;pers_num=0&amp;language=4&amp;col_width=366&amp;amt=007">CH search portal</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Andorra</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>Oficina de Marques</td>
<td>OMPA</td>
<td><a title="General Registry for Trade and Commerce" href="http://www.ompa.ad/indexang.html">www.ompa.ad</a></td>
<td><a title="Trade Name search" href="http://www.ompa.ad/angles/comerc/cerca.htm">AD search</a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Bosinia &<br>Herzegovina</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>Gosodarska komora Federacije<br>Bosne i Hercegovine</td>
<td></td>
<td><a title="Sate and private corporations and cooperatives" href="http://www.kfbih.com/eng/">www.kfbih.com</a></td>
<td><a title="entity search" href="http://www.kfbih.com/eng/companyreg.htm">BH search</a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Croatia</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>Registar Poslovnih Subjekata</td>
<td>BIZNET</td>
<td><a title="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><a title="search" href="http://www1.biznet.hr/HgkWeb/do/language?lang=en_GB">CR search</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Gibraltar</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>Companies House</td>
<td></td>
<td><a title="Gibraltar Finance Centre" href="http://www.companieshouse.gi/">www.companieshouse.gi</a></td>
<td><a title="service is not free" href="http://www.companieshouse.gi/namesearchauth.html">non free service</a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Norway</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="green" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>Br&oslash;nn&oslash;ysund Register Centre</td>
<td></td>
<td><a title="Br&oslash;nn&oslash;ysundregistrene" href="http://www.brreg.no/">www.brreg.no</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i></i></td>
<td valign="top"><font color="green" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>N&oslash;kkelopplysninger<br>fra Enhetsregisteret</td>
<td></td>
<td><a title="N&oslash;kkelopplysninger fra Enhetsregisteret" href="http://w2.brreg.no/enhet/sok/">w2.brreg.no</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Serbia</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>Serbian Commercial Register<br>Агенција за<br>привредне регистре</td>
<td></td>
<td><a title="Serbian Commercial Register" href="http://www2.apr.sr.gov.yu/default.aspx">www.apr.sr.gov.yu</a></td>
<td><a title="search" href="http://www.apr.sr.gov.yu/RepsisPublicSite/Search/GeneralEnterpriseSearch.aspx?lngrnd=877165440">YU search</a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Switzerland</i>:</td>
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td>Central Business<br>Names Index portal</td>
<td>Zefix</td>
<td><a title="Registry portal by Federal Office of Justice" href="http://www.zefix.admin.ch/">www.zefix.admin.ch</a></td>
<td><a title="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>
</tbody>
</table>
<h1>Appendix II</h1>
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<h1>Accompanied information<br>
Not part of CAcert Organisation Assurance Program sub-policy definition</h1>
<p>The provided information in this part is for reference information only.</p>
<h2>National acts on digital signatures</h2>
<p>
<i>Comment</i>:
@ -259,74 +555,342 @@ This is the case for a digital certificate that can be checked.
<p>
Digital Signatures may be accepted under implementation of EU European Directive 99/93/EG and EU national act:
</p><table>
<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>
<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>
<tr valign="top"><td><i>Bulgaria</i>:</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><i>Cyprus</i>:</td><td></td></tr>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<tr valign="top"><td><i></i></td><td><a href="http://www.legaltext.ee/et/andmebaas/paraframe.asp?loc=text&amp;lk=et&amp;sk=en&amp;dok=X30081K4.htm&amp;query=digitaalallkirja&amp;tyyp=X&amp;ptyyp=RT&amp;pg=1&amp;fr=no">Digital Signatures Act (consolidated text Dec 2003)</a></td></tr>
<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>
<tr valign="top"><td><i>France</i>:</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><i>Germany</i>:</td><td><a href="http://bundesrecht.juris.de/sigg_2001/index.html">German Signature Law of 2001, changed in 2005</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><i>Greece</i>:</td><td><a href="http://www.ekt.gr/content/img/product/14911/pd150_2001.pdf">Presidential Decree 150/2001</a> (in Greek)</td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><i>Hungary</i>:</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><i>Ireland</i>:</td><td><a href="https://www.post.trust.ie/reposit/ecommerce.html">Irish Electronic Commerce Act, 2000</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><i>Italy</i>:</td><td><a href="http://www.cnipa.gov.it/site/_files/Codice%20Amministrazione%20Digitale_02.pdf">Decreto legislativo 7/3/2005, n. 82 (Codice dell'Amministrazione Digitale)</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><i>Latvia</i>:</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><i>Lithuania</i>:</td><td><a href="http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter2/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=204802">Law on electronic signature, 2002</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><i>Luxembourg</i>:</td><td><a href="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>
<tr valign="top"><td><i>Malta</i>:</td><td><a href="http://docs.justice.gov.mt/lom/legislation/english/leg/vol_13/chapt426.pdf">Maltese Electronic Commerce Act 2001, last amended 2005</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><i>Netherlands</i>:</td><td><a href="http://www.e-overheid.nl/thema/juridisch/handtekeningen/handtekeningen.html">Wet Elektronische Handtekeningen (WET) of 21st of May 2003</a> (in Dutch)</td></tr>
<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>
<tr valign="top"><td><i>Poland</i>:</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><i>Portugal</i>:</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><i>Romania</i>:</td><td><a href="http://www.legi-internet.ro/lgsemel.htm">Legea semnÄ&#402;turii electronice, 455/2001</a> </td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><i></i></td><td><a href="http://www.legi-internet.ro/en/e-sign.htm">Law on the Electronic Signature, 455/2001</a> (unofficial translation) </td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><i>Slovakia</i>:</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><i>Slovenia</i>:</td><td><a href="http://www2.gov.si/zak/Zak_vel.nsf/4c1d8c547755fffac1256616002dd5e1/c12563a400338836c12568fd00505349?OpenDocument">Electronic Business and Electronic Signature Act</a> (in Slovene)</td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><i>Spain</i>:</td><td><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;ct=res&amp;cd=1&amp;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>
<tr valign="top"><td><i>Sweden</i>:</td><td><a href="http://www.riksdagen.se/webbnav/index.aspx?nid=3911&amp;bet=2000:832">Qualified Electronic Signatures Act (SFS 2000:832)</a>) (in Swedish)</td></tr>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<tr valign="top"><td><i></i></td><td><a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2002/20020318.htm">The Electronic Signatures Regulations 2002 (SI 2002 No. 2013)</a></td></tr>
<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>
<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>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Bulgaria</i>:</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Cyprus</i>:</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i></i></td>
<td><a href="http://www.legaltext.ee/et/andmebaas/paraframe.asp?loc=text&amp;lk=et&amp;sk=en&amp;dok=X30081K4.htm&amp;query=digitaalallkirja&amp;tyyp=X&amp;ptyyp=RT&amp;pg=1&amp;fr=no">Digital Signatures Act (consolidated text Dec 2003)</a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Finland</i>:</td>
<td><a href="http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2003/20030014">Laki s&auml;hk&ouml;isist&auml; allekirjoituksista, 2003</a> (in Finnish)</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>France</i>:</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Germany</i>:</td>
<td><a href="http://bundesrecht.juris.de/sigg_2001/index.html">German Signature Law of 2001, changed in 2005</a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Greece</i>:</td>
<td><a href="http://www.ekt.gr/content/img/product/14911/pd150_2001.pdf">Presidential Decree 150/2001</a> (in Greek)</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Hungary</i>:</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Ireland</i>:</td>
<td><a href="https://www.post.trust.ie/reposit/ecommerce.html">Irish Electronic Commerce Act, 2000</a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Italy</i>:</td>
<td><a href="http://www.cnipa.gov.it/site/_files/Codice%20Amministrazione%20Digitale_02.pdf">Decreto legislativo 7/3/2005, n. 82 (Codice dell'Amministrazione Digitale)</a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Latvia</i>:</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Lithuania</i>:</td>
<td><a href="http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter2/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=204802">Law on electronic signature, 2002</a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Luxembourg</i>:</td>
<td><a href="http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/textescoordonnes/recueils/COMMERCE_ELECTRONIQUE/SIGNATURE_ELECTRONIQUE.pdf">Loi du 14 ao&ucirc;t 2000 relative au commerce &eacute;lectronique, 2000</a> (in French)</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Malta</i>:</td>
<td><a href="http://docs.justice.gov.mt/lom/legislation/english/leg/vol_13/chapt426.pdf">Maltese Electronic Commerce Act 2001, last amended 2005</a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Netherlands</i>:</td>
<td><a href="http://www.e-overheid.nl/thema/juridisch/handtekeningen/handtekeningen.html">Wet Elektronische Handtekeningen (WET) of 21st of May 2003</a> (in Dutch)</td>
</tr>
<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>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Poland</i>:</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Portugal</i>:</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<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>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i></i></td>
<td><a href="http://www.legi-internet.ro/en/e-sign.htm">Law on the Electronic Signature, 455/2001</a> (unofficial translation) </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Slovakia</i>:</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Slovenia</i>:</td>
<td><a href="http://www2.gov.si/zak/Zak_vel.nsf/4c1d8c547755fffac1256616002dd5e1/c12563a400338836c12568fd00505349?OpenDocument">Electronic Business and Electronic Signature Act</a> (in Slovene)</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Spain</i>:</td>
<td><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;ct=res&amp;cd=1&amp;url=http%3A//www.aeat.es/descarga/ley59_2003.pdf">Ley 59/2003 , de 19 de diciembre, de firma electr&oacute;nica</a> (in Spanish)</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i>Sweden</i>:</td>
<td><a href="http://www.riksdagen.se/webbnav/index.aspx?nid=3911&amp;bet=2000:832">Qualified Electronic Signatures Act (SFS 2000:832)</a>) (in Swedish)</td>
</tr>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<tr valign="top">
<td><i></i></td>
<td><a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2002/20020318.htm">The Electronic Signatures Regulations 2002 (SI 2002 No. 2013)</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<h1>Appendix III</h1>
<p>Table with country top level domain registrars</p>
<h2>Table with country top level domain registries</h2>
<p>
</p><table>
<tbody><tr valign="top"><td><font color="green" size="+1">?</font></td><th></th><th align="left">domain registry</th><th align="left">web address</th><th align="left">ccTLD</th><th align="left">whois</th></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="orange" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Austria</i>:</td><td>NIC AT</td><td><a title="NIC AT" href="http://www.nic.at">www.nic.at</a></td><td align="center">.at</td><td><a href="http://www.nic.at/ui/index.php/whois/whois/?lang=de-iso-8859-1">search</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="orange" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Belgium</i>:</td><td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td><td></td><td align="center">.be</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Bulgaria</i>:</td><td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td><td></td><td align="center">.bg</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Cyprus</i>:</td><td>NIC CY</td><td><a title="NIC CY" href="http://www.nic.cy">www.nic.cy</a></td><td align="center">.cy</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="green" size="+1">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Czech Republic</i>:</td><td>CZ.NIC</td><td><a title="operations CZ.NIC" href="http://www.pragonet.cz/"></a></td><td align="center">.cz</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Denmark</i>:</td><td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td><td></td><td align="center">.dk</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Estonia</i>:</td><td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td><td></td><td align="center">.ee</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="orange" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Finland</i>:</td><td>FICORA</td><td><a title="Tervetuloa fi" href="http://domain.ficora.fi">domain.ficora.fi</a></td><td align="center">.fi</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="orange" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>France</i>:</td><td>AFNIC</td><td><a title="AFNIC" href="http://www.afnic.fr">www.afnic.fr</a></td><td align="center">.fr</td><td><a href="http://www.afnic.fr">search</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="orange" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Germany</i>:</td><td>DENIC</td><td><a title="DENIC" href="http://www.denic.de">www.denic.de</a></td><td align="center">.de</td><td><a href="http://www.denic.de/en/whois/index.jsp">search</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Greece</i>:</td><td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td><td></td><td align="center">.gr</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Hungary</i>:</td><td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td><td></td><td align="center">.hu</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="green" size="+1">&#8226;</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>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Italy</i>:</td><td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td><td></td><td align="center">.it</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Latvia</i>:</td><td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td><td></td><td align="center">.lv</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</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>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</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>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</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>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="green" size="+1">&#8226;</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>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="green" size="+1">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Norway</i>:</td><td>Brønnøysund Register Centre</td><td><a title="Brønnøysund Register Center" href="http://www.norid.no">www.norid.no</a></td><td align="center">.no</td><td><a href="http://www.norid.no/domenenavnbaser/index.en.html">search</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Poland</i>:</td><td>NASK</td><td><a title="NASK" href="http"> </a></td><td align="center">.pl</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Portugal</i>:</td><td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td><td></td><td align="center">.pt</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Romania</i>:</td><td>Nat. Inst. for R&amp;D and Informatics</td><td><a title="NIC RO" href="http://www.nic.ro">www.nic.ro</a></td><td align="center">.ro</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Slovakia</i>:</td><td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td><td></td><td align="center">.sk</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Slovenia</i>:</td><td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td><td></td><td align="center">.si</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Spain</i>:</td><td>Network Inf. Center</td><td><a title="Network Information Center of Spain" href="http"> </a></td><td align="center">.es</td><td></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="green" size="+1">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>Sweden</i>:</td><td>.SE </td><td><a title=".SE internet infrastructure foundation" href="http://www.iis.se">www.se</a></td><td align="center">.se</td><td><a href="http://www.iss.se/domains/domainandcontactsearch">search</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><font color="green" size="+1">&#8226;</font></td><td><i>United Kingdom</i>:</td><td>Nominet UK</td><td><a title="Nominet UK" href="http://www.nominet.org.uk">www.nominet.org.uk</a></td><td align="center">.uk</td><td><a title=".uk WHOIS" href="http://www.nominet.org.uk/other/whois/">search</a></td></tr>
<tbody><tr valign="top">
<td valign="top"><font color="green" size="+2">?</font></td><th></th><th align="left">domain registry</th><th align="left">web address</th><th align="left">ccTLD</th><th align="left">whois</th>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top"><font color="orange" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td><i>Austria</i>:</td>
<td>NIC AT</td>
<td><a title="NIC AT" href="http://www.nic.at">www.nic.at</a></td><td align="center">.at</td>
<td><a href="http://www.nic.at/ui/index.php/whois/whois/?lang=de-iso-8859-1">search</a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top"><font color="orange" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td><i>Belgium</i>:</td>
<td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td>
<td></td><td align="center">.be</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td><i>Bulgaria</i>:</td>
<td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td>
<td></td><td align="center">.bg</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td><i>Cyprus</i>:</td>
<td>NIC CY</td>
<td><a title="NIC CY" href="http://www.nic.cy">www.nic.cy</a></td><td align="center">.cy</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top"><font color="green" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td><i>Czech Republic</i>:</td>
<td>CZ.NIC</td>
<td><a title="operations CZ.NIC" href="http://www.pragonet.cz/"></a></td><td align="center">.cz</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td><i>Denmark</i>:</td>
<td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td>
<td></td><td align="center">.dk</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td><i>Estonia</i>:</td>
<td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td>
<td></td><td align="center">.ee</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top"><font color="orange" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td><i>Finland</i>:</td>
<td>FICORA</td>
<td><a title="Tervetuloa fi" href="http://domain.ficora.fi">domain.ficora.fi</a></td><td align="center">.fi</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top"><font color="orange" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td><i>France</i>:</td>
<td>AFNIC</td>
<td><a title="AFNIC" href="http://www.afnic.fr">www.afnic.fr</a></td><td align="center">.fr</td>
<td><a href="http://www.afnic.fr">search</a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top"><font color="orange" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td><i>Germany</i>:</td>
<td>DENIC</td>
<td><a title="DENIC" href="http://www.denic.de">www.denic.de</a></td><td align="center">.de</td>
<td><a href="http://www.denic.de/en/whois/index.jsp">search</a></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td><i>Greece</i>:</td>
<td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td>
<td></td><td align="center">.gr</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td><i>Hungary</i>:</td>
<td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td>
<td></td><td align="center">.hu</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top"><font color="green" size="+2">&#8226;</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>
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td><i>Italy</i>:</td>
<td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td>
<td></td><td align="center">.it</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td><i>Latvia</i>:</td>
<td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td>
<td></td><td align="center">.lv</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</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>
<tr valign="top">
<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</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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<td><i>Malta</i>:</td>
<td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td>
<td></td><td align="center">.ml</td>
<td></td>
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<td valign="top"><font color="green" size="+2">&#8226;</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>
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<td valign="top"><font color="green" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td><i>Norway</i>:</td>
<td>Br&oslash;nn&oslash;ysund Register Centre</td>
<td><a title="Br&oslash;nn&oslash;ysund Register Center" href="http://www.norid.no">www.norid.no</a></td><td align="center">.no</td>
<td><a href="http://www.norid.no/domenenavnbaser/index.en.html">search</a></td>
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<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td><i>Poland</i>:</td>
<td>NASK</td>
<td><a title="NASK" href="http"> </a></td><td align="center">.pl</td>
<td></td>
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<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td><i>Portugal</i>:</td>
<td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td>
<td></td><td align="center">.pt</td>
<td></td>
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<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td><i>Romania</i>:</td>
<td>Nat. Inst. for R&amp;D and Informatics</td>
<td><a title="NIC RO" href="http://www.nic.ro">www.nic.ro</a></td><td align="center">.ro</td>
<td></td>
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<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td><i>Slovakia</i>:</td>
<td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td>
<td></td><td align="center">.sk</td>
<td></td>
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<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td><i>Slovenia</i>:</td>
<td><a title="to be completed" href="http"> </a></td>
<td></td><td align="center">.si</td>
<td></td>
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<td valign="top"><font color="red" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td><i>Spain</i>:</td>
<td>Network Inf. Center</td>
<td><a title="Network Information Center of Spain" href="http"> </a></td><td align="center">.es</td>
<td></td>
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<td valign="top"><font color="green" size="+2">&#8226;</font></td>
<td><i>Sweden</i>:</td>
<td>.SE </td>
<td><a title=".SE internet infrastructure foundation" href="http://www.iis.se">www.se</a></td><td align="center">.se</td>
<td><a href="http://www.iss.se/domains/domainandcontactsearch">search</a></td>
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<td><i>United Kingdom</i>:</td>
<td>Nominet UK</td>
<td><a title="Nominet UK" href="http://www.nominet.org.uk">www.nominet.org.uk</a></td><td align="center">.uk</td>
<td><a title=".uk WHOIS" href="http://www.nominet.org.uk/other/whois/">search</a></td>
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