2. 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.

3. The Beginning

4. Driving Issues  No changes to national systems  Multi-language & Multi-character set  Ease of Integration, Low cost platforms and Independence from vendors

5. EBR Mission  Provide Official Data only  Single Access Point  Improve Business Transparency across Europe

6. The Network today

7. Some figures  14 Information Providers  17.400.000 Registered enterprises  13.600.000 Active companies  12 Languages available

8. The Basic Service

9. 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)

10. 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

11. The NEW Service http://ebr.orctel.com:8080/cui/controller/Login

12. Company search

13. List of Companies

14. Company profile

15. Company Officials

16. Official Profile

17. Launching the New Service 1 st 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

18. EBR goals 1/2 Increase the offer of national products, to provide more financial official information Develop “additional services” Establish central distribution

19. EBR goals 2/2 Make EBR known as the official and reliable source of European Companies Register Information Complete the coverage in Europe

20. 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: vito.giannella@ebrdirect.be annika.branstrom@bolagsverket.se

21. Thank you www.ebr.org simona.boscolo@ebrdirect.be