1. EPAN – eGovernment WG Interoperability of eGovernment systems The identification number, data sharing and data protection issues
Luxembourg, 25 February 2005

2. General Register of Natural Persons
Introduction - Legislative Background
Institutions
Data Protection
A. Application
What for?
Who?
Personal data
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3. General Register of Natural Persons
B. Communication of the data
Sources of the data
To whom?
Some statistics
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4. General Register of Natural Persons
Introduction-Legislative Background
Institutions
Law of the 29th March 1974 creating an National Informatics Center
Law of the 30th March 1979 on organising the numerical identification of natural and legal persons
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5. General Register of Natural Persons
Data -Protection
Law of the 31th March 1979 on organising the use of personal data with regard to data processing (reapealed in 2002) 
Law of the 2nd August concerning the protection of individuals with regard to processing of personal data
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6. General Register of Natural Persons
A. Application
What for
To organize the identification of natural persons
Creation of an identification number
Composition - Eleven ciphers
Birthyear (4)-birthmonth(2)-birthday(2)
order ciphers (2) pair for male and impair for female
Autoverification cypher(1)
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7. General Register of Natural Persons
Who?
-  each natural person living in Luxemburg since his birth or from the moment of his imigration
-   each other natural person who is on the role of a luxemburgish administration or a public establishment or a luxemburgish social security establishment which are legally required to use the identification number
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8. General Register of Natural Persons
Personal data
Name
First name
Sex
Date and place of birth
Residence
Civil status (mariage, divorce)
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9. General Register of Natural Persons
Date of death
Name, first name,identification number of parents
Name, first name,identification number of spouses
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10. General Register of Natural Persons
B. Communication of the data
To whom?
Natural person herself
To each public service or luxemburgish social security establishment which are authorized by law to use the identification number or one of the components of the register
From 2004 also notary public
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11. General Register of Natural Persons
Sources of data
Communes (117)
Minister of foreign affairs and immigration(responsible for foreigners)
Social security (foreign employees)
Natural person (information)
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12. General Register of Natural Persons
Some statistics (1/01/2005)
Natural persons
Adress in Luxemburg
Adress out of Luxembourg
Nationality (Lux.)
Nationality (non Lux.)
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13. General Register of Natural Persons
Internet sites
National data protection authority (
Legislative portal (
National Informatics Center (
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