Transcript EBR ON - Forum

The Background
EBR was born as initiative by some of the
public bodies responsible for company
registration and legal publicity, to create the
telematic network between them in order to
provide easy and multi-language access to the
official company data all over Europe.
The Beginning
EBR - 1995
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Denmark - DCCA
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France - INPI &
ORT
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Italy - InfoCamere
& Chambers of
Commerce
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United Kingdom Companies House &
Mercury Comm.
Driving Issues
No changes to national systems
Multi-language & Multi-character set
Ease of Integration, Low cost
platforms and Independence from
vendors
EBR Mission
Provide Official Data only
Single Access Point
Improve Business Transparency
across Europe
The Network today
EBR - 2004
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Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Norway
Spain
Sweden
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Romania
United Kingdom
Some figures
 14 Information Providers
 17.400.000 Registered enterprises
 13.600.000 Active companies
 12 Languages available
The Basic Service
New features
 Multi-country search: possibility to
search a company over several countries
at the same time
 Online product order, offline delivery:
possibility to get annual accounts and/or
articles of association
 Web services for 3rd party distribution
(on-going development)
New management rules
 Set-up of Management team for coordination
work, monitoring of partners performance, technical
enhancements
 New agreement and procedures to guarantee
more reliable service
 Ensure professional operation and maintenance
The NEW Service
http://ebr.orctel.com:8080/cui/controller/Login
Launching the New Service
• 1st September 2004: Finland (PRH) has
opened the new service to their customers
• October 2004: more countries will open to
the market
• By the end of 2004: all EBR Members will
switch from the old to the new system
EBR goals 1/2
• Increase the offer of national products, to
provide more financial official information
• Develop “additional services”
• Establish central distribution
EBR goals 2/2
• Make EBR known as the official and
reliable source of European Companies
Register Information
• Complete the coverage in Europe
Willing to join the network?
Just few requirements:
• Represent the Official Business Register
• Provide online access to the BR Database
For further information, please contact:
[email protected]
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Thank you
www.ebr.org
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