1. 3 EGR Identification Service
ESTP Training on EGR
6-7 September 2016

2. The EGR Identification Service
Based on the experience from EGR 1.0 system a major challenge for the processing of data from different sources proved to be the lack of unique identifier
The EGR Identification service is a module of the EGR system
an application assigning the unique ID numbers for legal units in the EGR process
identification system with statistical purposes

3. Coverage
The EGR IS aims to cover all incorporated legal units that may potentially be part of MNEs
20 million legal units, of which 19.5 million from EU and EFTA countries
Sources: EU and EFTA NSIs and two commercial sources
Yearly updates
The EGR IS applies an own identification number
Legal entity identifier (LEID) number
In all EGR data exchanges the LEID numbers should be used

4. The LEID number
In the EGR data exchanges with NSIs all legal units are identified with LEID number
The LEID number is the unique identification number assigned by the EGR IS
The structure of LEID numbers has been created by Eurostat specifically for the purposes of the EGR
The LEID number is a combination of the country code, register code and national identification number of the legal units

5. Format of the LEID number
For EU and EFTA countries the LEID number is composed of
the two-letter country code
the register code assigned to the national register by the EGR
and the legal unit’s national ID number in that register
The types of national ID numbers used in the EGR IS were chosen by the NSIs of Member States

6. Examples of the LEID number
EU+EFTA countries, e.g. Austria
country code 'AT'
the Austrian trade register's internal register code '21013'
identification number given to a particular legal unit within this register '094342p'
AT p
Other countries, e.g. Canada
country code 'CA'
11-digit sequential number CA

7. Functionalities of the EGR IS
Manual identification of legal units
Individual search
Within the EGR IS database
Or via web-service to one commercial data provider
Batch identification of legal units
Identification based on data files sent by NSIs
Management of datasets for users

11. Live demonstration of EGR IS functionalities
Login to the application
Manual identification of legal units
Individual search
Within the EGR IS database
Or via web-service to one commercial data provider
Batch identification of legal units
Identification based on data files sent by NSIs

12. EGR IS - developments 2016 (1)
Differences of online and batch search analysed – no difference, but cases with matches below 90% only are sent to not identified (performance reasons)
Search for DUNS / BVD IDs without country code
Add to search results the status of the LEU and type of LEU (LEU/branch)
Add to search results the full address of the LEU

13. EGR IS - developments 2016 (2)
Show reference year on the detailed information page
Show whether a LEU was group head or part of an EGR group last year
Export function for EGR administrators on not updated legal units
New data flow for re-identification of existing LEID numbers
Percentage of automatic acceptance to be set by the users

14. EGR IS - developments 2016 (3)

15. EGR IS - developments 2016 (4)

16. EGR IS - developments 2016 (5)

17. EGR IS - what we still miss
Show address details from the request file in batch processing
Link between batch process and online search
These tasks will be developed in the first half of 2017
Further requests can be sent by the users any time to Eurostat
Discussion on further needs

18. Further reading, EGR IS user guide
EGR wiki
Details on the EGR applications page / EGR IS
User guide on the User guides page

19. Notes

20. Notes