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Unified Identification Number
European Identifier, LEI and
Register interconnection
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Overview of the presentation
European Unique Identifier for Companies (EUID)
The Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)
Technical solutions in Europe
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EUROPEAN UNIQUE IDENTIFIER FOR
COMPANIES (EUID)
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The core pillars of the
EU’s Digital Agenda
Core pillars
Digital Single Market
Interoperability and standards
Trust and Security
Very Fast Internet
Research and Innovation
Enhancing eSkills
ICT for social challenges
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Main context of the directive
European Unique Identifier (EUID)
In order to facilitate the interoperability between Company and Branches
Registers, the Directive proposes that both Companies and Branches be
identified with a unique identifier.
Branch disclosure notification
Directive 89/666/EEC requires that the Company Register makes available
without delay the information on the opening and termination of any winding-
up or insolvency proceedings of the company and on the striking-off of the
company.
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The objectives of the regulation
(directive 2012/17/EU)
Improve business register to business register
communication in cross-border operations
Remove (foreign) branches without a (foreign)
company from register
Solve difficulties of cooperation on procedures for
cross-border mergers
Offer better Europe- and world-wide access to
company information to the public
EU directive to regulate the interconnection of the
existing systems
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Business Registers Interconnection System
(BRIS)
Citizens Other companies Administrations
Platform
EU Central Platform
Member State A
Business Register 1
Member State A
Business Register 2
E-Justice PortalOther Access point Other Access point
Member State C
Business Register 1
Member State B
Business Register 1
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2
Central
Subscription List
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Digital natives / governors
convergence
Is cross-border data
exchange easy?
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Proposed definitions
Branch disclosure event: Any of the following actions/proceedings:
Opening of winding-up
Termination of winding-up
Opening of insolvency proceedings
Termination of insolvency proceedings
Company striking-off
Branch Register: A domestic registry where a branch is registered and is required to file
documents. Also used to mean “the register of the branch”.
Company Register: A domestic registry where the company is registered and is required to
file documents. Also used to mean “the register of the parent company”.
Competent Branch Register: In the context of BRIS, this term refers to those registers in
one or more Member States that must react upon a notification on a cross-border merger
or company dissolution event that is notified by another Member State Company register.
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Regulated – content I
Governance, management, operation, representation
Funding
Third countries
Unique identifier (LEI, EUID, etc.)
Languages (24 working languages)
Methods of transmission, incl. choice of platform
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Regulated – content II
ICT interoperability – synchronous data exchange
Standardisation
• Technical transmission standards
• Standard forms of notification
• Security standards
Data protection issues
Link identification
European electronic access point –
the European e-Justice Portal,
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Minimum set of information
the name of the company
legal form of the company
the registered office of the company
the Member State where it is registered
the registration number of the company
free of charge
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Business identification numbers I
Europe: BRITE project to interconnect the European business
registers via an unique Register Identifier for Europe (EUID)
BRITE: Business Register Interoperability Throughout Europe
Company Register e.g. Cologne, Germany
ISO Country Code
DE50670B 345677 60
Number on the Register
Check Digit
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Business identification numbers II
Europe: The European Commission made two further
proposals for an EUID
Name of the Register
ISO Country Code
DENRW. 09854385 X
Number on the Register
Check Character
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Business identification numbers III
Europe: The European Commission made two further
proposals for an EUID
persistent URI like an URL
(a direct link from the EU-platform to the national register)
http://bris.europa.eu/le?euid=gb.wales-200701234
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THE LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER (LEI)
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Cannes Summit Final Declaration, November 4, 2011
We support the creation of a global Legal Entity Identifier
(LEI) which uniquely identifies parties to financial
transactions. We call on the FSB to take the lead in
helping coordinate work among the regulatory
community to prepare recommendations for the
appropriate governance framework, representing the
public interest, for such a global LEI by the next Summit.
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History of LEI
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Objectives and deliverables:
Unique identification of parties to financial transactions;
Strong internal risk management;
Improved regulatory reporting;
Enhanced data aggregation capabilities;
Critical building block for improving financial data
infrastructure.
LEI / basic information
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- 20 alphanumeric code - ISO-Standard 17442
http://www.financialstabilityboard.org/publications/r_120307.pdf
- Linked to high quality reference core reference data for each legal entity
CORE LEI DATA ELEMENTS
Legal entity name
Address of the headquarters
Address of legal formation
Business registry ID (where
applicable)
Business registry name (where
applicable)
LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER
YUV8PRHOZSRFRC4JO269
What is an LEI?
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LEI in Germany
Two issuing organisations
Interconnection to the business register planned
Exchange of structured data (XML)
Web services to exchange further information
Example:
Deutsche Lufthansa AG =
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5299 00 PH63HYJ86ASW55
Issuing Organisation Number in the register
Separator
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Statistics of Germany (Pre-LEI)
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TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS IN EUROPE
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Goal of the e-CODEX Project
“Improve the cross-border access of citizens and
businesses to legal means in Europe
as well as to improve the interoperability
between legal authorities within the EU.”
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Participants
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Ireland
Lithuania
Malta
The Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Spain
Slovakia
Turkey
CCBE, CNUE
Partner for a faster justice
interoperability
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North Rhine-WestphaliaFacts of the project
Started 1st December 2010
23 members
Budget: 24 Mio. Euro
End of the Project in 2015
Piloting started July 2013
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Other building blocks
e-Documents and semantics
Piloting and architecture
e-Signature and role mapping
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Architecture overview
Service
Provider/
Register A
Connector
Service
Provider/
Register B
Connector
• Creates
documents
• Sends/receives
documents
• Adds/checks the Trust-OK token
• Transforms to/from e-CODEX standard
• Establishes connection
• Formats/extracts the
content to/from
eBMS3.0 standard
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e-Delivery – Transport platform
reusable transport solution
could be the basis of future European and
world-wide projects
plug&play connection solution for
new countries
companies
based on existing solution
ebMS 3.0 / AS4
Common standards
ISO, OASIS and ETSI