Use of Data from Business Registry in Norway

1. Use of Data from
The Business Register
in Norway
The Brønnøysund Register Centre - Lars Peder Brekk, Director General
ECRF/CRF Conference 2016

2. The History of
Norwegian Digitalization
- Common registers
- Central registers of all
persons (1964) and entities (1995)
- With a unique identifier
- for all entities needed
- used across different areas of society
- The same identifier in all registers and computer files (in
the public as well as the private sector)
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3. - Overview
- small country, structured public sector
- register of Reporting Obligations
for the business sector
- regulations which allow controlled re-use of data
- Trust and cooperation
- all authorities trust the content and extent of the
central registers
- a population which trusts the authorities
- cooperation between government agencies from
the 1990s and onwards
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The History of
Norwegian Digitalization

4. The History of
Norwegian Digitalization
Altinn (from 2003)
- Crucial for
digitalization of public sector
- Significant for the increased
use of electronic forms and services
- Combining common registers
and common technological solution
Hardly any other country can show as widespread use of
electronic services for the business sector
(OECD scoreboard 2015)
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5. • Digital services
• Supporting functionality for those services
• The altinn.no web portal
Altinn – the technological solution
• 43 government agencies that cooperate in developing and
improving digital services
Altinn – the government cooperation
• A Brønnøysund Register Centre department specialized in
administering digital platforms for the entire public sector
Altinn – the specialized organization
www.altinn.no
Pre-assigned (delegable) rights
based on registered role in Business
register
• Forms and services from more than
40 public agencies
• Searchable catalog for all government
business forms
• Common look and functionality in forms

6. Inhabitants
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Giving inhabitants access
on behalf of businesses
Business
register roles
Business
register data
Pre-filling of forms and
feedback to register
Enterprises

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100% of Norway's inhabitants
over the age of 15 have a user
account in Altinn
(NATIONAL IDENTITY NUMBER)
100% of Norwegian
enterprises have a user
account and mailbox in Altinn
(ORGANISATION NUMBER)
Inhabitants Enterprises
Forms and services within and across different governmental levels
Labour
and
welfare
Schools
and
education
Justice
Health
and care
Buildings
and
property
Traffic
Culture
and
leisure
Direct and
indirect
taxes
Altinn service platform
Metadata
'Open data'
Historical data
Basic data
(registers)

8. Business Registration Virtual One Stop Shop
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9. Not only for governments
Open data from the Business Register:
 Available for anyone
 Computer readable format
 Free of charge
 Freely reusable
and redistributable
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Updated real time unless
you want to download a
complete set of all the data.

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Norway – control of branches
- 2011: Branch Disclosure
Services(BDS)
- from European Business Registers(EBR)
- Control of branches of foreign
business enterprises
- from United Kingdom, Sweden and Irland
- Monitor company status from the official source
- Companies struck off in home country
- Due to information from these three countries case
- processing towards the Norwegian branch starts
- Three steps over ten weeks
Norway

11. 12 May 2016ECRF/CRF Conference 2016 - The Brønnøysund Register Centre - Lars Peder Brekk, Director General
Norway• Breakout session Tuesday on
registry reform the Commission
dealt partly with this topic
• Implementation of
Directive 2012/17/EU makes this process
easier and legally funded
• Will enable us to follow up branches of companies within
the European Union
• Status and overview of all companies in the EU/EEA with
branches in Norway from the national Business Registers
Business Register
Interconnection System

12. Use of Data from Business
Register in Norway
The Brønnøysund Register Centre - Lars Peder Brekk, Director General
ECRF/CRF Conference 2016
Thank you for your attention