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CACert Organisation Assurance Program sub-policy for EU countries and Norway
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<h1>
CAcert Organisation Assurance Program sub-policy for EU countries and Norway
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<p>
<a href="../PolicyOnPolicy.html"><img src="../Images/cacert-wip.png" alt="CAcert Policy Status" height="31" width="88" style="border-style: none;" /></a><br />
Author: Teus Hagen<br />
Creation date: 2008-05-01<br />
Status: WiP 2008-05-02<br />
Next status: DRAFT 2008<br />
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<h2>
0. Preliminaries
</h2>
<p>
This CAcert sub-policy extends the Organisation Assurance Policy ("OAP") by specifying how Organisation Assurance is to be conducted by the assigned Organisation Assurer ("OA") under the supervision of the Organisation Assurance Officer ("OAO") for entities within the defined scope.
</p>
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the Netherlands: effective from 1st of July 2008 is new law about trade office registration (Nieuw Handelsregister, NHR) with will be obligationary end of 2009: all trade entities should be registered with national registrar. Handy document (dutch) http://www.kvk.nl/Images/Catalogus%2005072007_tcm16-152449.pdf .
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<h2>
1. Scope
</h2>
<p>
This sub-policy is applicable to organisations registered with the trade office registry as tabled in paragraph 3.1 of this sub-policy:<br />
</p>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>Legal entities in the EU country and Norway:<br />
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li>Government Bodies &amp; Intrumentalities;
</li>
<li>Private Owned Companies;
</li>
<li>Limited Companies;
</li>
<li>Clubs &amp; Associations;
</li>
<li>Cooperations and mutual safeguarding societies;
</li>
<li>Foundations;
</li>
<li>Sole Trader or Sole Professional;
</li>
<li>Partnerships: Trade, Commanditair, Free Profession;
</li>
<li>Churches/Religious Groups.
</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>European legal entities:
European Economic Collaboration (EESV), European Limited Company (SE), European Cooperation (SCE).
</li>
<li>Foreign legal entities subjected to foreign jurisdiction but active in mainly in the EU country.The entity has registration duties in the EU (fin. year report, extract foreign TRO, accountant report. E.g. Private Limited Company (Ltd) in UK foreign jusrisdiction but mainly active in an EU country.
</li>
</ol>
<h2>
2. Requirements
</h2>
<p>
This section describes any scope specific requirements that are not otherwise defined in the OAP.
</p>
<h3>
2.1 Organisation
</h3>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>For Applicants with individual liability operating under their own name business name registration is OPTIONAL.
</li>
<li>Applicants MUST be a valid legal entity but MAY have an arbitrary number of registered trading names.
</li>
</ol>
<h3>
2.2 Records
</h3>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>Digital Signatures MAY be accepted under implementation of EU European Directive 99/93/EG and EU national act:
<table>
<!-- <tr><td><i>Austria</i>:</td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Belgium</i>:</td><td></td></tr> -->
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<!-- <tr><td><i>Denmark</i>:</td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Estonia</i>:</td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Finland</i>:</td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>France</i>:</td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Germany</i>:</td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Greece</i>:</td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Hungary</i>:</td><td></td></tr> -->
<tr><td><i>Ireland</i>:</td><td>Electronic Commerce Act of 2000</td></tr>
<!-- <tr><td><i>Italy</i>:</td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Latvia</i>:</td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Lithuania</i>:</td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Luxembourg</i>:</td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Malta</i>:</td><td></td></tr> -->
<tr><td><i>Netherlands</i>:</td><td>Wet Elektronische Handtekeningen (WET) of 21st of May 2003</td></tr>
<!-- <tr><td><i>Poland</i>:</td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Portugal</i>:</td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Romania</i>:</td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Slovakia</i>:</td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Slovenia</i>:</td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Spain</i>:</td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Sweden</i>:</td><td></td></tr> -->
<tr><td><i>United Kingdom</i>:</td><td>The Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002 No. 2013)</td></tr>
</table>
<br><i>Comment</i>:
The legal requirement is that there is sufficient evidense and trust. This is the case for a digital certificate that can be checked.
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Reminder: CA is seen by law as TTP, which is subjected to be registrated with OPTA (governmental control body).
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<li>Historic documents MAY be accepted where it can be proven that material changes have not been made (eg via absence of subsequent submissions in official document listings).
</li>
</ol>
<h3>
2.3 Application Form
</h3>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>The licensing authority MUST be specified where applicable.
<br>
This is OPTIONAL for sole traders, sole professionals and partnerships operating under their own name(s).</br>
</li>
<li>The registry Identifier MUST be specified where applicable.
<br>
This is OPTIONAL for sole traders and partnerships operating under their own name(s).
</li>
</ol>
<h2>
3. Registration
</h2>
<h3>
3.1 Trade Office Registries
</h3>
<table>
<tr><td></td><th align=left>registry</th><th></th><th align=left>web address</th><th align=left>search address</th></tr>
<tr><td><i>Austria</i>:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<!-- <tr><td><i>Belgium</i>:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Bulgaria</i>:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Cyprus</i>:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Czech Republic</i>:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Denmark</i>:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Estonia</i>:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -->
<tr><td><i>Finland</i>:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td><i>France</i>:</td><td>Chambre de Commerce<br>et d'industrie</td><td align=top>CCI</td><td align=top><a title="Chambre de Commerce et d'industrie" href="http://www.cci.fr">www.cci.fr</a></td><td align=top><a title="Company Search" href="http://www.cii.fr/do_recherche_libre?search=">CCI search</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Germany</i>:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<!-- <tr><td><i>Greece</i>:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Hungary</i>:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -->
<tr><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><td><i>Italy</i>:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Latvia</i>:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Lithuania</i>:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Luxembourg</i>:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Malta</i>:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -->
<tr><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><td><i>Norway</i>:</td><td>Brønnøysundregistrene</td><td></td><td><a title="Brønnøysundregistrene" href="http://www.brreg.no/">www.brreg.no</a></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td><i></i></td><td>Nøkkelopplysninger<br>fra Enhetsregisteret</td><td></td><td align=top><a title="Nøkkelopplysninger fra Enhetsregisteret" href="http://w2.brreg.no/enhet/sok/">w2.brreg.no</a></td><td></td></tr>
<!-- <tr><td><i>Poland</i>:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Portugal</i>:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Romania</i>:</td>Camerei de Comert si Industrie</td><td>CCIRR</td><td><a title="Camerei de Comert si Industrie Romano - Rusa" href="http://www.ccirr.ro"</td><td></td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Slovakia</i>:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Slovenia</i>:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Spain</i>:</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> -->
<tr><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><td><i>United Kingdom</i>:</td><td>Companies House</td><td>CH</td><td><a title="Comapnies 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>
</table>
<h3>
3.2 Domain Registries
</h3>
<table>
<tr><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><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">AT search</a></td></tr>
<!-- <tr><td><i>Belgium</i>:</td>DNS Belgium<td><a title="aa" href="http">www</a></td><td></td><td align=center>.be</td><td>search</td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Bulgaria</i>:</td>DNS aaa<td><a title="aa" href="http">www</a></td><td></td><td align=center>.bg</td><td>search</td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Cyprus</i>:</td>NIC CY<td><a title="NIC CY" href="http://www.nic.cy">www.nic.cy</a></td><td></td><td align=center>.cy</td><td>search</td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Czech Republic</i>:</td>CZ.NIC<td><a title="operations CZ.NIC" href="http://www.pragonet.cz/</a></td><td></td><td align=center>.cz</td><td>search</td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Denmark</i>:</td>DNS aaa<td><a title="aa" href="http">www</a></td><td></td><td align=center>.dk</td><td>search</td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Estonia</i>:</td>DNS aaa<td><a title="aa" href="http">www</a></td><td></td><td align=center>.ee</td><td>search</td></tr> -->
<tr><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><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">FR search</a></td></tr>
<tr><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">DE search</a></td></tr>
<!-- <tr><td><i>Greece</i>:</td>DNS aaa<td><a title="aa" href="http">www</a></td><td></td><td align=center>.gr</td><td>search</td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Hungary</i>:</td>DNS aaa<td><a title="aa" href="http">www</a></td><td></td><td align=center>.hu</td><td>search</td></tr> -->
<tr><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">IE search</a></td></tr>
<!-- <tr><td><i>Italy</i>:</td>DNS aaa<td><a title="aa" href="http">www</a></td><td></td><td align=center>.it</td><td>search</td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Latvia</i>:</td>DNS aaa<td><a title="aa" href="http">www</a></td><td></td><td align=center>.lv</td><td>search</td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Lithuania</i>:</td>DNS aaa<td><a title="aa" href="http">www</a></td><td></td><td align=center>.lt</td><td>search</td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Luxembourg</i>:</td>DNS aaa<td><a title="aa" href="http">www</a></td><td></td><td align=center>.lu</td><td>search</td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Malta</i>:</td>DNS aaa<td><a title="aa" href="http">www</a></td><td></td><td align=center>.ml</td><td>search</td></tr> -->
<tr><td align=top><i>Netherlands</td><td align=top>Stichting Internet Domain<br>Registratie ("SIDN")</td><td align=top><a title="SIDN" href="http://www.sidn.nl/">www.sidn.nl</a></td><td align=center>.nl</td><td align=top><a title=".nl WHOIS" href="http://http://www.sidn.nl/ace.php/c,727,4015,,,,Zoeken_naar_domeinnaam-gegevens.html">NL search</a></td></tr>
<tr><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">NO search</a></td></tr>
<!-- <tr><td><i>Poland</i>:</td>NASK<td><a title="NASK" href="http">www</a></td><td></td><td align=center>.pl</td><td>search</td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Portugal</i>:</td>DNS aaa<td><a title="aa" href="http">www</a></td><td></td><td align=center>.pt</td><td>search</td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Romania</i>:</td>Nat. Inst. for R&D and Informatics aaa<td><a title="NIC RO" href="http://www.nic.ro">www.nic.ro</a></td><td></td><td align=center>.ro</td><td>search</td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Slovakia</i>:</td>DNS aaa<td><a title="aa" href="http">www</a></td><td></td><td align=center>.sk</td><td>search</td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Slovenia</i>:</td>DNS aaa<td><a title="aa" href="http">www</a></td><td></td><td align=center>.si</td><td>search</td></tr> -->
<!-- <tr><td><i>Spain</i>:</td>Network Inf. Center<td><a title="Networjk Information Center of Spain" href="http">www</a></td><td></td><td align=center>.es</td><td>search</td></tr> -->
<tr><td><i>Sweden</i>:</td><td>.SE </td><td><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">SE search</a></td></tr>
<tr><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/">UK search</a></td></tr>
</table>
<h3>
3.2 Registry Identifiers
</h3>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>Trade Office Registration Identifier, a unique registration number.
</li>
</ol>
<h3>
3.3 Documents
</h3>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>Extract from trade office registry.
</li>
</ol>
<h2>
4. Processes
</h2>
<h3>
4.1 Assurance
</h3>
<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 KvK search (all Dutch organisations including ministries and public offices, religious societies, liberal professions, partnerships, one-man business, association of house-owners, etc. must be registered from 31st of December 2009).
</li>
<li>Partnership applicants MUST additionally be verified via an Extract as a current individual member and SHOULD be a managing partner.
</li>
<li>Company applications MUST be made by an individual who is duly authorised to sign on behalf of the company:
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li>Officeholder applicants (directors or preferably secretary) MUST be verified in an "Extract" (obtained from the KvK by the OA where fees are reclaimable from the applicant).
</li>
<li>Any other applicant MUST prove that they are duly authorised to sign on behalf of the entity (for example via delegation and/or under company rules) to the satisfaction of the OA, for approval by the OAO.
</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
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