Unified Identification Number - Carsten Schmidt

Ministry of Justice of
North Rhine-Westphalia
Unified Identification Number
European Identifier, LEI and
Register interconnection
Abu Dhabi, UAE, 11.03.2015

Overview of the presentation
 European Unique Identifier for Companies (EUID)
 The Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)
 Technical solutions in Europe
Carsten Schmidt, Ministry of Justice, 11.03.20152

EUROPEAN UNIQUE IDENTIFIER FOR
COMPANIES (EUID)

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.

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

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.

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

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,

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

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
. -

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
-

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

THE LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER (LEI)

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.
History of LEI

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

- 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?

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 =
5299 00 PH63HYJ86ASW55
Issuing Organisation Number in the register
Separator

Statistics of Germany (Pre-LEI)

TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS IN EUROPE

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.”

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

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

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

Thank you for your attention!

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

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