European Commission TACIS programme

1. European Commission TACIS programme

2. European Business Registration Survey 2005

3. The Ukrainian project • Law • Organisation • Systems • European Integration • EBR Support for the State Registration of Legal Entities and Sole Traders in Ukraine

4. Background to the survey • Interest from Ukraine • Support from the European Commission • Support from ECRF • Support from OECD • World Bank activity on business registration

5. Conducting the survey

6. Other sources of information • The Guide • Doing Business in 2005

7. Structure of the questionnaire • Part 1 – General – overall organisation and procedures • Part 2 – Statistics • Part 3 - Detail

8. Geographical coverage

12. What did we learn? - but first …

13. Why is the World Bank concerned about business registration?

14. Time required to start a company European average Pre- registration Registration Post-registration

16. 6 ways to improve business registration • Create single access points for business • Get out of the courts • Make registration electronic • Introduce temporary business licences • Impose a “silence is consent” rule in business registration • Standardise paperwork - World Bank, ‘Doing Business in 2005’

17. 6 ways to improve business registration • Create single access points for business • Get out of the courts • Make registration electronic • Introduce temporary business licences • Impose a “silence is consent” rule in business registration • Standardise paperwork - World Bank, ‘Doing Business in 2005’

18. Statistics authority Tax authority Pension Fund Social Security Employment Updating other databases

19. “All state and municipal agencies and judicial institutions shall use the commercial register information via Internet; they shall not request the submission of the same data from persons” Denmark, Commercial Code, Article 541

20. 6 ways to improve business registration • Create single access points for business • Get out of the courts • Make registration electronic • Introduce temporary business licences • Impose a “silence is consent” rule in business registration • Standardise paperwork - World Bank, ‘Doing Business in 2005’

21. 6 ways to improve business registration • Create single access points for business • Get out of the courts • Make registration electronic • Introduce temporary business licences • Impose a “silence is consent” rule in business registration • Standardise paperwork - World Bank, ‘Doing Business in 2005’

22. Organisation of Business Registration in Europe

23. Organisation of Business Registration in Europe Courts

24. Organisation of Business Registration in Europe Courts Chambers of Commerce

25. Organisation of Business Registration in Europe Courts Chambers of Commerce Administrative offices

26. Organisation of Business Registration in Europe Courts Chambers of Commerce Administrative offices

27. Analysis by type of organisation

28. Analysis by number of offices

29. Analysis by number of companies

30. Companies compared to population Austria Bulgaria Germany Italy Lithuania Moldova Montenegro Serbia Finland Ireland Netherlands Norway Slovenia Sweden U.K. Cyprus Gibraltar Isle of Man Liechtenstein Luxembourg Estonia Hungary Latvia Romania Spain Czech Republic Denmark France Iceland Malta

31. 6 ways to improve business registration • Create single access points for business • Get out of the courts • Make registration electronic • Introduce temporary business licences • Impose a “silence is consent” rule in business registration • Standardise paperwork - World Bank, ‘Doing Business in 2005’

32. 6 ways to improve business registration • Create single access points for business • Get out of the courts • Make registration electronic • Introduce temporary business licences • Impose a “silence is consent” rule in business registration • Standardise paperwork - World Bank, ‘Doing Business in 2005’

33. Word etc documents Via web site Via proprietary software Via SMS Via e-mail Scanned documents Via EDI Input - electronic

34. Single register Number used by all offices Electronic format Single access point Scanned documents Electronic signature Open standards XML within register XML externally Information processes and structure

35. Information on web – free Information on web – paid Ordering on web - credit card Annual info by e-mail Annual info uploaded via web Annual info via web forms Domain names Output and interactive

36. 6 ways to improve business registration • Create single access points for business • Get out of the courts • Make registration electronic • Introduce temporary business licences • Impose a “silence is consent” rule in business registration • Standardise paperwork - World Bank, ‘Doing Business in 2005’

37. 6 ways to improve business registration • Create single access points for business • Get out of the courts • Make registration electronic • Introduce temporary business licences • Impose a “silence is consent” rule in business registration • Standardise paperwork - World Bank, ‘Doing Business in 2005’

38. 6 ways to improve business registration • Create single access points for business • Get out of the courts • Make registration electronic • Introduce temporary business licences • Impose a “silence is consent” rule in business registration • Standardise paperwork - World Bank, ‘Doing Business in 2005’

39. 6 ways to improve business registration • Create single access points for business • Get out of the courts • Make registration electronic • Introduce temporary business licences • Impose a “silence is consent” rule in business registration • Standardise paperwork - World Bank, ‘Doing Business in 2005’

40. Forms completed by hand Forms completed by typewriter Free-format documents Handwritten documents Certified documents Input - paper

41. Some questions • Why so many free-form documents? • Are restrictive objects relevant today? • What functions are notaries serving?

42. What next? • Collect remaining information • including any corrections or updated information • Prepare final report on survey • Issue to all participants • Maintain the information?

43. QUESTIONS

44. DAVID WALKE david@registryadvisers.com