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1 26 th Meeting of the Wiesbaden Group on Business Registers Call for Papers Neuchâtel, 24 - 27 September 2018 Clare Rowley and Ricco Dun Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) Session No. 4 “Administrative Data” Connect the Corporate Dots Globally with the LEI Abstract In May 2017, the process of enhancing the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) data pool, by including ‘Level 2’ data to answer the question of ‘who owns whom’, began. Specifically, legal entities that have or acquire an LEI will report their ‘direct accounting consolidating parent’ as well as their ‘ultimate accounting consolidating parent’. By the end of the first quarter of 2018, about 838,000 LEI registrants representing 75 percent of the total LEI population reported information on direct and ultimate parents. 28 percent of the information on direct parents reported has been fully corroborated. Only four percent of legal entities cited legal obstacles preventing them from providing or publishing parent information. The Global LEI System may be viewed as an additional source for statistical business registers to understand and connect the corporate dots globally. This paper provides an overview of the standards applied to the Level 2 data collection, information made available with the Level 2 data collection, how to access this information, and examples of mapping projects to further render the LEI accessible to statistical business registers. 1. Introduction The 2008 collapse of the world’s fourth-largest investment bank, Lehman Brothers, and the subsequent global financial crisis exposed a critical need to implement a global legal entity identifier system that would assign unique identifiers to legally distinct entities. After Lehman’s demise, participants in the global financial system could not assess their exposure to Lehman, its subsidiaries, and each other because there was no standard system of identifying counterparties in the maze of subsidiaries and affiliates from which banks, insurers, asset managers, and other market participants transact. Somewhere in this maze, the needed information was technically available in the thousands of documents signed by Lehman’s hundreds of subsidiaries—which in turn were trading with hundreds of subsidiaries of other market participants—but without a consistent identifier for each entity, no

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26thMeetingoftheWiesbadenGrouponBusinessRegistersCallforPapers

Neuchâtel,24-27September2018

ClareRowleyandRiccoDunGlobalLegalEntityIdentifierFoundation(GLEIF)

SessionNo.4“AdministrativeData”

ConnecttheCorporateDotsGloballywiththeLEI

Abstract

InMay2017,theprocessofenhancingtheLegalEntityIdentifier(LEI)datapool,byincluding‘Level2’datatoanswerthequestionof‘whoownswhom’,began.Specifically,legalentitiesthathaveoracquireanLEIwillreporttheir‘directaccountingconsolidatingparent’aswellastheir‘ultimateaccountingconsolidatingparent’.

Bytheendofthefirstquarterof2018,about838,000LEIregistrantsrepresenting75percentofthetotalLEIpopulationreportedinformationondirectandultimateparents.28percentoftheinformationondirectparentsreportedhasbeenfullycorroborated.Onlyfourpercentoflegalentitiescitedlegalobstaclespreventingthemfromprovidingorpublishingparentinformation.

TheGlobalLEISystemmaybeviewedasanadditionalsourceforstatisticalbusinessregisterstounderstandandconnectthecorporatedotsglobally.ThispaperprovidesanoverviewofthestandardsappliedtotheLevel2datacollection,informationmadeavailablewiththeLevel2datacollection,howtoaccessthisinformation,andexamplesofmappingprojectstofurtherrendertheLEIaccessibletostatisticalbusinessregisters.

1. Introduction

The2008collapseoftheworld’sfourth-largestinvestmentbank,LehmanBrothers,andthesubsequent

globalfinancialcrisisexposedacriticalneedtoimplementagloballegalentityidentifiersystemthat

wouldassignuniqueidentifierstolegallydistinctentities.AfterLehman’sdemise,participantsinthe

globalfinancialsystemcouldnotassesstheirexposuretoLehman,itssubsidiaries,andeachother

becausetherewasnostandardsystemofidentifyingcounterpartiesinthemazeofsubsidiariesand

affiliatesfromwhichbanks,insurers,assetmanagers,andothermarketparticipantstransact.

Somewhereinthismaze,theneededinformationwastechnicallyavailableinthethousandsof

documentssignedbyLehman’shundredsofsubsidiaries—whichinturnweretradingwithhundredsof

subsidiariesofothermarketparticipants—butwithoutaconsistentidentifierforeachentity,no

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electronicsystemcoulddetermineindividualmarketparticipants’riskorhowparticipantswere

connectedtoeachother.

BasedonrecommendationsdevelopedbytheFSBandendorsedbytheGroupof20,marketauthorities

workedwiththeprivatesectortodeveloptheGlobalLEISystem.TheLEIisa20-digit,alpha-numeric

codebasedontheISO17442standarddevelopedbytheInternationalOrganizationforStandardization

(ISO).EachLEIconnectstokeyreferenceinformationthatenablesclearanduniqueidentificationof

legalentitiesparticipatinginfinancialtransactions.

ThebusinesscardinformationavailablewiththeLEIreferencedata—theofficialnameofalegalentity

anditsregisteredaddress—answersthequestionof‘whoiswho’amongentities.TheLEIdatapool

includes,inaddition,informationthatanswersthequestionof‘whoownswhom’.Thisdatacanbeused

toidentifyalegalentity’sdirectandultimateparentssothatindividualcompaniescanbesufficiently

researched.

Theremainderofthispaperprovidesanoverviewofthestandardsappliedtothedirectandultimate

parentdatacollection,informationmadeavailable,howtoaccessthisinformation,andexamplesof

mappingprojectstofurtherrendertheLEIaccessibletostatisticalbusinessregisters.

2. StandardsforDirectandUltimateParentCollection

TheGlobalLEISystemissupportedbyastrong,three-tiergovernancestructurethatincludestheLEI

RegulatoryOversightCommittee(LEIROC),GLEIF,andLEIIssuers(LOUs)(seeExhibit1).Thisstructure

wasestablishedtoensuretheaccuracyandintegrityofthereferencedatarecordedundertheLEIof

eachentity.LEIROCisagroupof71publicauthoritiesfromaroundtheworldwho’sresponsibilities

includethedevelopmentofpolicystandardsfortheLEI.

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Exhibit1:TheGlobalLEISystem

Followingapublicconsultationcarriedoutin2015bytheLEIROC,on10March2016theLEIROC

publishedthedocument,entitled‘Collectingdataondirectandultimateparentsoflegalentitiesinthe

GlobalLEISystem–Phase1’.Thepaperdescribesthepolicydesignofaprocessforcollectingdirectand

ultimateparentinformation.

ThemainfeaturesoftheLEIROCdocumentaresummarizedasfollowsinthereport:

• EntitiesthathaveoracquireanLEIwouldreporttheir‘ultimateaccountingconsolidating

parent’,definedasthehighestlevellegalentitypreparingconsolidatedfinancialstatements,as

wellastheir‘directaccountingconsolidatingparent’.Inbothcases,theidentificationofthe

parentwouldbebasedontheaccountingdefinitionofconsolidationapplyingtothisparent.

• AccountingdefinitionswerechosenasastartingpointastheLEIROCconcludedthattheir

practicalcharacteristicsoutweighedlimitationscausedbythefactthattheyaredesignedfora

differentpurpose,i.e.,toreportrelationshipstoinvestorsonagoingconcernbasis.These

practicalcharacteristicsarethat:(i)theyareapplicabletobothfinancialandnon-financial

companies;(ii)theirinternationalcomparabilityhasincreased,followinggreaterconvergence

betweenIFRS(InternationalFinancialReportingStandards)andUSGAAP(GenerallyAccepted

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AccountingPrinciples)onthescopeofconsolidation;and(iii)theyarewidelyused,publicly

availableandtheirimplementationisperiodicallyreviewedbyexternalauditors.

• TheinformationcollectedwouldbepublishedintheGlobalLEISystemandthereforefreely

availableforpublicauthoritiesandmarketparticipants.However,toallowexaminingissues

associatedwithcollectingdataonparentsthatdonothaveanLEI,datarelatedtoparents

withoutanLEIwillinitiallynotbepublished.Atthisstage,theGlobalLEISystemwillonlyrecord

relationshipdatathatcanbemadepublic,inaccordancewiththeapplicablelegalframework.

• EntitieswouldreportrelationshipinformationtotheLEIissuingorganizationsoftheGlobalLEI

System,whowouldverifytherelationshipinformationbasedonpublicdocumentsifavailable

(e.g.,listofsubsidiariesinauditedconsolidatedfinancialstatements;regulatoryfilings),orother

sources.

• Informationonparentswouldbepartoftheinformationthatmustbeprovidedinorderfor

anLEItobeissuedorrenewed,butwiththeoptionofdecliningtoprovidethisinformationfor

thereasonsdetailedintheLEIROC’sreport.

3. DirectandUltimateParentInformationMadeAvailableintheGlobalLEISystem

GLEIFmakesavailabletwotypesoffileswithdirectandultimateparentinformation.Oneisa

relationshipfilethatcontainsthedirectandultimateparentsofalegalentitywheretheparenthasan

LEI.Theotherisanexceptionfileincludingoneofthefollowingreasons:TheLEIregistranthasnoparent

entity;thechildlegalentityoptsoutofreportingforexceptionalreasons;thedirectandultimate

parentsoftheLEIregistrantdonothaveanLEI.

Exhibit2demonstratesthetypeofdirectandultimateparentreportingasofendoffirstquarter2018.

Asofthisdate,18percentoflegalentitiesreportedadirectparentwithorwithoutanLEI,78percent

reportednoparententityaccordingtotheaccountingdefinitionused,and4percentreported

exceptionallegalobstaclesthatpreventedthemfromprovidinginformationonthedirectparent.

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Exhibit2:DirectandUltimateParentreportingasofendfirstquarter2018

ThisinformationismadeavailablefreeofchargeontheGLEIFwebsiteviatheGLEIFConcatenatedFiles.

TheGLEIFConcatenatedFilesincludespecificinformationonanLEIrecordandrelatedreferencedata

basedontheinformationreceivedbyGLEIFfromLEIIssuersworldwide.Dataisprovidedinonecentral

fileforeachreportingformat,withoutchanges.Threeseparateconcatenatedfliesarepublisheddaily:

• Level1:LEICommonDataFileFormat(thiscontainsthebasicbusinesscardinformationthatcan

beusedtoanswerthequestionwhoiswho)

• Level2:RelationshipRecord

• Level2:ReportingExceptions

4. AccessingDirectandUltimateParentInformation

CurrentlytheRelationshipRecordandReportingExceptionsfilesareonlyavailableinXMLformat.

However,GLEIFwillupgradedataaccessibilityintheupcomingmonths.Thefirstphaseofupgradeswill

becompleteuntiltheendoftheyearandwillinclude:

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• EnhancementstotheLEISearch:CurrentlythecompleteLevel1LEIdatapoolmaybeaccessed

orsearchedviatheweb-basedGLEIFLEIsearchtool.Thesearchtoolwillbeexpandedto

includeRelationshipRecordsandReportingExceptions,anupdateduserinterfacethatallows

forsimpleandexpertmodesearches,searchforalternativeidentifiersobtainedthroughthe

GLEIFCertificationofLEIMappingprogram,searchforhistoricdata,andstoredsearchesand

alerts.

• UpdateofChallengeFacility:GLEIFenablesusersoftheLEIdatatotriggerupdatesofLEI

referencedataviaacentralizedchallengefacility.Withthenewuserinterfacefordisplaying

directandultimateparentinformation,userswillalsobeabletochallengethisinformation.

• AccessviaApplicationProgrammingInterface(API):UsingGLEIF’scurrentAPI,usersmay

accessthecompleteLevel1LEIdatapoolinrealtimeandtoperformon-demandchecksfor

changestospecificLEIrecordsinaconvenient,easy-to-readformat.ThisAPIismadeavailable

freeofchargebyGLEIF.Usersmaysubmitalistofupto200LEIrecordsinacomma-separated

file.TheAPIwillbeexpandedtoallowsearchingbasedonanameaswellastheLEI(resultswill

returnmultipleLEIsthatmatchapproximatelythesubmittedname),willallowforbulkresults

(e.g.returnallrecordswherethelegaladdressisinChina),andwillreturndirectandultimate

parentreportinginformation.

AllGLEIFservicesnotedabovewillremainfreeofchargetousersoftheLEIData.

5. LEImappingforStatisticalBusinessRegisters

Astatisticalbusinessregisterisanessentialsupportforanation'seconomicstatisticsprogram1.It

providesastructuredlistingofestablishmentsregisteredwithinajurisdictionandastandardizedsetof

attributestodescribethoseestablishments.Thisdatacollectionisessentialforaggregatednational

statisticsoneconomicprocessessuchasproductionandfinancingbyprovidingtherealnumberofunits

operatingintheeconomy.

However,complicationsarisewhenentitiesregisteredinotherjurisdictionsalsocontributetoeconomic

activityasnationalstatisticsarebydefinitionrestrictedtotheirrespectiveboundaries.Given

1See the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Guidelines on Statistical Business Registers: http://www.unece.org:8080/fileadmin/DAM/stats/publications/2015/ECE_CES_39_WEB.pdf

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multinationalcompaniesareanimportantpartofthelocalandglobaleconomies,itbecomesmore

complextoconsideradomesticpartofamultinationalunitoperatingindependentandautonomously.

TheLEIisanimportantaggregationtoolthatcanensureinteroperabilityacrosslocalregistration

systemsandaididentificationmanagement.Asaglobalidentifier,theLEImayactasabridgetoconnect

localidentificationsystemsandprovideastandardizedsetofreferencedata.BymappingtheLEItolocal

identificationsystems,organizationscansupplementtheinformationintheirlocalsystemsandbenefit

fromtheGlobalLEISystemasanadditionalsourceofqualityassureddata.

TheLEIROCoriginallyenvisionedmappingascoreaspectoftheGlobalLEISystem.Indeed,withinthe

basicreferencedataoftheLEI,theuserwillfindalinktothelocalregistrationauthorityandthelocal

identifierassociatedwiththatlegalentity(seeExhibit3).

Exhibit3:ExampleLEIRecordandlinktolocalregistrationauthority

Validation against 600 selected global registration authorities and standardized legal forms

TheRegistrationAuthorityIDisacrossreferencetothe‘RegistrationAuthorityList’publishedbyGLEIF

andcontainingmorethan650businessregistersandotherrelevantregistrationauthoritysources

globally.Auniquecodeisassignedtoeachregisteronthelist.Additionally,GLEIFhasenhanceditsdata

qualitychecksin2018toverifythattheformatofthelocalidentifier(registrationauthorityentityIDin

Exhibit3)iscompliantwiththeofficialregistrationformat.CurrentlyGLEIFhasidentifiedtheformatfor

174registersontheRegistrationAuthoritylistandactivelylooksforadditionalinformationforall

registers(seeAppendixforafulllistingoftheseregisters).Thisisanimportantsteptoensurethatthe

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LEIcanbeeasilyconnectedtothelocalregisterwithoutfurthermanipulationoftheentityID(e.g.

addingleadingzeros,orplacingdashesbetweendigits).

Animportantfactorthatmustbeconsideredbyanorganizationlookingtointegrateandmakeuseof

theLEIdataistheoverlapbetweentheorganization’sexistingsystemsandtheGlobalLEISystem

coverage.GLEIFaimstoassistpublicauthoritiesthatdesiretoeasilyanswerthisquestionbyextendinga

mappingfacilitybuiltforGLEIF’sLEIMappingCertificationprocess.GLEIFwouldliketoextendthis

facilitytomakeitaccessibletoapprovedpartiesthatdesiretounderstandtheoverlapbetweenthe

GlobalLEISystemandtheirsystem.Theenvisionedworkflowisasfollows:

• ThemappingpartneraccessthemappingfacilityeitherviaawebpageuploadforaCSVfileor

viaanAPI

• Themappingpartneruploadsafileinastandardizedformat.Themappingpartnermayormay

notgrantGLEIFaccesstoviewthisfile.

• ThemappingfacilitycomparesthefileprovidedtoacurrentConcatenatedLEIfileorGolden

CopyFile.

• ThemappingfacilityreturnsamastertableinCSVformatoranAPIresponsewiththelistingof

theidentifier,theidentifierreferencedataandthecorrespondingLEIandtherelatedLEI

referencedata.

• Onlythemappingpartnercanviewtheresults.ThemappingpartnermaygrantGLEIFtheability

toseetheresults.

GLEIFisintheprocessoffurtherrefiningtherequirementsforsuchafacility,butwelcomesstatistical

businessregisterfeedbackandinterestinutilizingsuchafacility.

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6. Conclusion

Legalentityidentificationcurrentlyreliesonawiderangeofdisconnected(national)IDsystemsglobally.

Thisapproachlimitstheabilitytounderstandcomplexcrossbordercompanystructuresandthe

activitiesofforeignlegalentitiesoutsidetheirjurisdiction.TheLEIcanserveasabridgetoidentification

systemstoconnecttoawiderworld.GLEIFwelcomesstatisticalbusinessregistersfeedbackonthe

directandultimateparentreportingdatanowavailablebytheGlobalLEISystemandencourages

feedbackonhowGLEIFcanbettersupporttheintegrationoftheLEIintolocalsystemsviaamapping

facilityortechnicalenhancements.

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Appendix:Listofregisterswithofficialregistrationformat

RegistrationAuthorityCode

Country InternationalnameofRegister LocalnameofRegister

InternationalnameoforganisationresponsiblefortheRegister

LocalnameoforganisationresponsiblefortheRegister

RA000017 AustriaCommercialRegister Firmenbuch

FederalMinistryofJustice

BundesministeriumfürJustiz

RA000025 BelgiumCrossroadBankofEnterprises

inDutch:KruispuntbankvanOndernemingen;inFrench:Banque-CarrefourdesEntreprises;inGerman:ZentraleUnternehmensdatenbank

FederalPublicServiceEconomy(MinistryofEconomy)

FederaleOverheidsdienstEconomie/ServicePublicFédéralEconomie

RA000081 CanadaEnterpriseRegister(ServicesQuebec) RegistrairedesEntreprises EnterpriseRegister

RegistrairedesEntreprises

RA000156 CroatiaCroatianCourtRegistry Sudskiregistrar

CroatianCourtRegistry(MinistryofJustice)

SudskiregistarMinistarstvapravosuđaRepublikeHrvatske

RA000163CzechRepublic

CommercialRegister Obchodnírejstřík MinistryofJustice

Ministerstvospravedlnosti

RA000164CzechRepublic FederalRegister Nadačnírejstřík

RA000170 Denmark

CentralBusinessRegister

CentraleVirksomhedsregister

DanishBusinessAuthority Erhvervsstyrelsen

RA000181 EstoniaCommercialRegister Äriregister

CentreofRegistersandInformationSystems

RegistritejaInfosüsteemideKeskus

RA000188 Finland

TheBusinessInformationSystem(BIS)

Yritys-jayhteisötietojärjestelmä(YTJ)

FinnishPatentandRegistrationOffice

Patentti-jaRekisterihallitus

RA000189 FranceRegisterofCompanies(Sirene) Sirene

NationalInstituteofStatisticsandEconomicStudies

InstitutNationaldelaStatistiqueetdesÉtudesÉconomiques

RA000197 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtAachen AmtsgerichtAachen

RA000200 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtAmberg AmtsgerichtAmberg

RA000201 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtAnsbach AmtsgerichtAnsbach

RA000203 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtArnsberg

AmtsgerichtArnsberg

RA000204 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtArnstadt AmtsgerichtArnstadt

RA000205 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtAschaffenburg

AmtsgerichtAschaffenburg

RA000206 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtAugsburg

AmtsgerichtAugsburg

RA000207 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtAurich AmtsgerichtAurich

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RegistrationAuthorityCode

Country InternationalnameofRegister LocalnameofRegister

InternationalnameoforganisationresponsiblefortheRegister

LocalnameoforganisationresponsiblefortheRegister

RA000208 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtBadHersfeld

AmtsgerichtBadHersfeld

RA000209 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtBadHomburgv.d.Höhe

AmtsgerichtBadHomburgv.d.Höhe

RA000210 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtBadKreuznach

AmtsgerichtBadKreuznach

RA000213 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtBadOeynhausen

AmtsgerichtBadOeynhausen

RA000215 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtBamberg

AmtsgerichtBamberg

RA000216 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtBayreuth

AmtsgerichtBayreuth

RA000217 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtBerlin-Charlottenburg

AmtsgerichtBerlin-Charlottenburg

RA000218 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtBielefeld AmtsgerichtBielefeld

RA000219 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtBochum AmtsgerichtBochum

RA000220 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtBonn AmtsgerichtBonn

RA000221 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtBraunschweig

AmtsgerichtBraunschweig

RA000222 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtBremen AmtsgerichtBremen

RA000224 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtChemnitz

AmtsgerichtChemnitz

RA000225 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtCoburg AmtsgerichtCoburg

RA000226 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtCoesfeld AmtsgerichtCoesfeld

RA000227 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtCottbus AmtsgerichtCottbus

RA000228 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtDarmstadt

AmtsgerichtDarmstadt

RA000229 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtDeggendorf

AmtsgerichtDeggendorf

RA000230 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtDortmund

AmtsgerichtDortmund

RA000231 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtDresden AmtsgerichtDresden

RA000232 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtDuisburg AmtsgerichtDuisburg

RA000233 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtDüren AmtsgerichtDüren

RA000234 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtDüsseldorf

AmtsgerichtDüsseldorf

RA000235 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtEisenach AmtsgerichtEisenach

RA000236 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtErfurt AmtsgerichtErfurt

RA000238 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtEschwege

AmtsgerichtEschwege

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RegistrationAuthorityCode

Country InternationalnameofRegister LocalnameofRegister

InternationalnameoforganisationresponsiblefortheRegister

LocalnameoforganisationresponsiblefortheRegister

RA000239 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtEssen AmtsgerichtEssen

RA000240 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtFlensburg

AmtsgerichtFlensburg

RA000241 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtFrankfurt(Oder)

AmtsgerichtFrankfurt(Oder)

RA000242 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtFrankfurtamMain

AmtsgerichtFrankfurtamMain

RA000243 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtFreiburg AmtsgerichtFreiburg

RA000244 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtFriedberg(Hessen)

AmtsgerichtFriedberg(Hessen)

RA000245 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtFritzlar AmtsgerichtFritzlar

RA000246 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtFulda AmtsgerichtFulda

RA000247 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtFürth AmtsgerichtFürth

RA000248 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtGeldern AmtsgerichtGeldern

RA000249 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtGelsenkirchen

AmtsgerichtGelsenkirchen

RA000251 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtGießen AmtsgerichtGießen

RA000252 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtGotha AmtsgerichtGotha

RA000253 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtGöttingen

AmtsgerichtGöttingen

RA000255 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtGreiz AmtsgerichtGreiz

RA000257 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtGütersloh

AmtsgerichtGütersloh

RA000258 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtHagen AmtsgerichtHagen

RA000259 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtHamburg

AmtsgerichtHamburg

RA000260 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtHamm AmtsgerichtHamm

RA000261 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtHanau AmtsgerichtHanau

RA000262 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtHannover

AmtsgerichtHannover

RA000263 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtHeilbadHeiligenstadt

AmtsgerichtHeilbadHeiligenstadt

RA000266 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtHildburghausen

AmtsgerichtHildburghausen

RA000267 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtHildesheim

AmtsgerichtHildesheim

RA000268 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtHof AmtsgerichtHof

RA000269 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtHomburg

AmtsgerichtHomburg

RA000270 Germany Commercial Handelsregister LocalCourtIlmenau AmtsgerichtIlmenau

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RegistrationAuthorityCode

Country InternationalnameofRegister LocalnameofRegister

InternationalnameoforganisationresponsiblefortheRegister

LocalnameoforganisationresponsiblefortheRegister

Register

RA000271 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtIngolstadt

AmtsgerichtIngolstadt

RA000272 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtIserlohn AmtsgerichtIserlohn

RA000273 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtJena AmtsgerichtJena

RA000274 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtKaiserslautern

AmtsgerichtKaiserslautern

RA000275 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtKassel AmtsgerichtKassel

RA000276 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtKempten

AmtsgerichtKempten

RA000277 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtKiel AmtsgerichtKiel

RA000278 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtKleve AmtsgerichtKleve

RA000279 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtKoblenz AmtsgerichtKoblenz

RA000280 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtKöln AmtsgerichtKöln

RA000281 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtKönigsteinimTaunus

AmtsgerichtKönigsteinimTaunus

RA000282 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtKorbach AmtsgerichtKorbach

RA000283 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtKrefeld AmtsgerichtKrefeld

RA000284 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtLandauinderPfalz

AmtsgerichtLandauinderPfalz

RA000285 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtLandshut

AmtsgerichtLandshut

RA000286 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtLebach AmtsgerichtLebach

RA000287 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtLeipzig AmtsgerichtLeipzig

RA000288 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtLemgo AmtsgerichtLemgo

RA000289 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtLimburga.d.Lahn

AmtsgerichtLimburga.d.Lahn

RA000290 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtLübeck AmtsgerichtLübeck

RA000291 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtLudwigshafenamRhein

AmtsgerichtLudwigshafenamRhein

RA000292 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtLudwigslust

AmtsgerichtLudwigslust

RA000293 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtLüneburg

AmtsgerichtLüneburg

RA000295 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtMainz AmtsgerichtMainz

RA000296 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtMannheim

AmtsgerichtMannheim

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RegistrationAuthorityCode

Country InternationalnameofRegister LocalnameofRegister

InternationalnameoforganisationresponsiblefortheRegister

LocalnameoforganisationresponsiblefortheRegister

RA000297 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtMarburg AmtsgerichtMarburg

RA000298 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtMeiningen

AmtsgerichtMeiningen

RA000299 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtMemmingen

AmtsgerichtMemmingen

RA000300 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtMerzig AmtsgerichtMerzig

RA000301 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtMönchengladbach

AmtsgerichtMönchengladbach

RA000302 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtMontabaur

AmtsgerichtMontabaur

RA000303 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtMühlhausen

AmtsgerichtMühlhausen

RA000304 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtMünchen

AmtsgerichtMünchen

RA000305 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtMünster AmtsgerichtMünster

RA000306 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtNeubrandenburg

AmtsgerichtNeubrandenburg

RA000307 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtNeunkirchen

AmtsgerichtNeunkirchen

RA000308 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtNeuruppin

AmtsgerichtNeuruppin

RA000309 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtNeuss AmtsgerichtNeuss

RA000310 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtNordhausen

AmtsgerichtNordhausen

RA000311 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtNürnberg

AmtsgerichtNürnberg

RA000312 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtOberhausen

AmtsgerichtOberhausen

RA000313 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtOffenbachamMain

AmtsgerichtOffenbachamMain

RA000314 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtOldenburg

AmtsgerichtOldenburg

RA000315 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtOsnabrück

AmtsgerichtOsnabrück

RA000316 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtOttweiler

AmtsgerichtOttweiler

RA000317 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtPaderborn

AmtsgerichtPaderborn

RA000319 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtPassau AmtsgerichtPassau

RA000320 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtPinneberg

AmtsgerichtPinneberg

RA000321 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtPößneck AmtsgerichtPößneck

RA000322 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtPotsdam AmtsgerichtPotsdam

RA000324 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtRecklinghausen

AmtsgerichtRecklinghausen

RA000325 Germany Commercial Handelsregister LocalCourt Amtsgericht

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RegistrationAuthorityCode

Country InternationalnameofRegister LocalnameofRegister

InternationalnameoforganisationresponsiblefortheRegister

LocalnameoforganisationresponsiblefortheRegister

Register Regensburg Regensburg

RA000326 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtRemscheid

AmtsgerichtRemscheid

RA000328 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtRostock AmtsgerichtRostock

RA000329 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtRudolstadt

AmtsgerichtRudolstadt

RA000330 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtSaalfeld AmtsgerichtSaalfeld

RA000331 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtSaarbrücken

AmtsgerichtSaarbrücken

RA000332 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtSaarlouis

AmtsgerichtSaarlouis

RA000333 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtSanktIngbert

AmtsgerichtSanktIngbert

RA000336 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtSchweinfurt

AmtsgerichtSchweinfurt

RA000337 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtSchwerin

AmtsgerichtSchwerin

RA000338 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtSiegburg AmtsgerichtSiegburg

RA000339 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtSiegen AmtsgerichtSiegen

RA000340 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtSoest AmtsgerichtSoest

RA000341 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtSolingen AmtsgerichtSolingen

RA000343 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtSondershausen

AmtsgerichtSondershausen

RA000345 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtStadthagen

AmtsgerichtStadthagen

RA000347 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtSteinfurt AmtsgerichtSteinfurt

RA000348 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtStendal AmtsgerichtStendal

RA000349 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtStralsund

AmtsgerichtStralsund

RA000350 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtStraubing

AmtsgerichtStraubing

RA000351 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtStuttgart AmtsgerichtStuttgart

RA000352 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtSuhl AmtsgerichtSuhl

RA000353 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtTostedt AmtsgerichtTostedt

RA000354 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtTraunstein

AmtsgerichtTraunstein

RA000355 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtUlm AmtsgerichtUlm

RA000356 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtVölklingen

AmtsgerichtVölklingen

RA000358 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtWalsrode

AmtsgerichtWalsrode

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RegistrationAuthorityCode

Country InternationalnameofRegister LocalnameofRegister

InternationalnameoforganisationresponsiblefortheRegister

LocalnameoforganisationresponsiblefortheRegister

RA000360 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtWaren AmtsgerichtWaren

RA000362 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtWeideni.d.OPf.

AmtsgerichtWeideni.d.OPf.

RA000363 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtWeimar AmtsgerichtWeimar

RA000364 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtWetzlar AmtsgerichtWetzlar

RA000365 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtWiesbaden

AmtsgerichtWiesbaden

RA000368 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister LocalCourtWittlich AmtsgerichtWittlich

RA000369 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtWuppertal

AmtsgerichtWuppertal

RA000370 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtWürzburg

AmtsgerichtWürzburg

RA000371 GermanyCommercialRegister Handelsregister

LocalCourtZweibrücken

AmtsgerichtZweibrücken

RA000391 Hungary

NationalCompanyRegisterandCompanyInformationSystem

OrszágosCégnyilvántartóésCéginformációsRendszer

NationalCompanyRegisterandCompanyInformationSystem

OrszágosCégnyilvántartóésCéginformációsRendszer

RA000393 IcelandRegisterofEnterprises FyrirtækjaskráRSK

DirectorateofInternalRevenu

RA000394 India

CompaniesRegister

MinistryofCorporateAffairs

RA000407 Italy BusinessRegister RegistroDelleImprese Infocamere

Infocamere(LaSocietàdiInformaticadelleCamerediCommercioItaliana)

RA000423 Latvia CommerceRegister

RegisterofEnterprisesoftheRepublicofLatvia

LatvijasRepublikasUzņēmumuReģistrs

RA000428 LiechtensteinCommercialRegister Handelsregister OfficeofJustice AmtfürJustiz

RA000430 LithuaniaRegisterofLegalEntities Juridiniųasmenųregistras

StateEnterpriseCentreofRegisters RegistruCentras

RA000432 Luxembourg

RegisterofCommerceandCompanies

RegistredeCommerceetdesSociétés

RegisterofCommerceandCompanies

RegistredeCommerceetdesSociétés

RA000449 Mexico TaxpayerRegisterRegistroFederaldeContribuyentes

TaxAdministrationAgency

ServiciodeAdministraciónTributaria(SAT)

RA000463 Netherlands BusinessRegister Handelsregister

TheNetherlandsChamberofCommerce

KamervanKoophandel

RA000472 Norway

TheRegisterofBusinessEnterprises Foretaksregisteret

TheBrønnøysundRegisterCentre

RA000473 Norway

TheCentralCoordinatingRegisterforLegal Enhetsregisteret

TheBrønnøysundRegisterCentre

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RegistrationAuthorityCode

Country InternationalnameofRegister LocalnameofRegister

InternationalnameoforganisationresponsiblefortheRegister

LocalnameoforganisationresponsiblefortheRegister

Entities

RA000544 SwedenCompaniesRegister

SwedishCompaniesRegistrationOffice Bolagsverket

RA000585UnitedKingdom

CompaniesRegister CompaniesRegister CompaniesHouse CompaniesHouse

RA000586UnitedKingdom

CompaniesRegister CompaniesRegister CompaniesHouse CompaniesHouse

RA000587UnitedKingdom

CompaniesRegister CompaniesRegister CompaniesHouse CompaniesHouse