Organisation Assurance - sub-policy for Norwegian organisations

CAcert Work In Progress

Author: Dag Hovland
Creation date: WIP 2008-04-25 V0.1
Status: WIP 2008-04-25
Next status: DRAFT 2008

0. Preliminaries

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

1. Purpose

This is a subsidiary policy to the OAP.
  1. This sub-policy is applicable for the assurance of organisations in the Norway only.
  2. This sub-policy is an implementation of the OAP.
  3. In the below, where the Assurance Officer (AO) is referred to, this includes his local delegate.

2. Organisation Assurers

2.1 Requirements for the Organisation Assurer

In addition to the requirements defined in the OAP, an OA must meet the following requirements for assuring Norwegian organisations:
  1. Knowledge on common legal forms of organisations in the Norway .
  2. Must pass an additional test on local knowledge even if he is already an OA.
  3. Should help the AO to define local requirements.

3. Process

3.1 Organisations

Acceptable organisations under this sub-policy must be:
  1. Organisations created under the rules of the jurisdiction in the Norway .
  2. Organisations must not be revoked or pending by a competent authority with direct oversight over the organisation.

3.2 Identifiers

The organization number (organisasjonsnummeret) is a unique 9 digit identifying number assigned by the official register authority " Brønnøysundregisteret " when a body becomes registered as a legal entity.

3.2 Documents

The organisation has to provide documents to prove the essential standard of Organisation Assurance as defined in the policy:
  1. The primary mechanism to prove existence is to get an official "Register Transcript with Signature" ( Enhetsregisteret ) in the official trade office "Register Authority" ( Brønnøysundregistrene , www.brreg.no ).
    The organisation is asked to carry these direct costs.
    The Extract should state registrated official administrative details of the organisation.
  2. Where not available, an official document will be required from the company, subject to such checks as defined by the AO.
  3. If copies of official Extracts from the official register are provided, they must be officially certified
  4. The Extract should not be older than 4 weeks.

3.3 COAP

In addition to the checks defined in the policy, the COAP form for Norwegian organisations requires:
  1. The OA must keep all provided documentation and will maintain digital readability if documents are provided in digital format for 7 years.
  2. Signatures from organisation officials must meet the following requirements
    1. as legally specified for the type of organisation
    2. as specified in the register transcript (extract) from Brønnøysundregistrene .
    3. as delegated within the organisation (proof of delegation needed)

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