use of data from business registry in norway

Use of Data from The Business Register in Norway

The Brønnøysund Register Centre - Lars Peder Brekk, Director GeneralECRF/CRF Conference 2016

The History of Norwegian Digitalization

- Common registers- Central registers of all

persons (1964) and entities (1995)

- With a unique identifier

- for all entities needed

- used across different areas of society

- The same identifier in all registers and computer files (in the public as well as the private sector)

12 May 2016ECRF/CRF Conference 2016 - The Brønnøysund Register Centre - Lars Peder Brekk, Director General

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- Overview- small country, structured public sector- register of Reporting Obligations

for the business sector - regulations which allow controlled re-use of data

- Trust and cooperation- all authorities trust the content and extent of the

central registers- a population which trusts the authorities- cooperation between government agencies from

the 1990s and onwards12 May 2016ECRF/CRF Conference 2016 - The Brønnøysund Register Centre - Lars Peder Brekk, Director General

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Altinn (from 2003) - Crucial for

digitalization of public sector

- Significant for the increased use of electronic forms and services

- Combining common registers and common technological solution

Hardly any other country can show as widespread use of electronic services for the business sector

(OECD scoreboard 2015)


Norway

• Digital services• Supporting functionality for those services• The altinn.no web portal

Altinn – the technological solution

• 43 government agencies that cooperate in developing and improving digital services

Altinn – the government cooperation

• A Brønnøysund Register Centre department specialized in administering digital platforms for the entire public sector

Altinn – the specialized organization

www.altinn.no

Pre-assigned (delegable) rights based on registered role in Business register

• Forms and services from more than 40 public agencies

• Searchable catalog for all government business forms

• Common look and functionality in forms

Inhabitants


Giving inhabitants access on behalf of businesses

Chairman of the board , General

manger, Partner…

Board member

Auditor, Accountant

Business register roles

Business register data

Pre-filling of forms and feedback to register

Enterprises

ECRF/CRF Conference 2016 - The Brønnøysund Register Centre - Lars Peder Brekk, Director General 12 May 2016

100% of Norway's inhabitants over the age of 15 have a user account in Altinn(NATIONAL IDENTITY NUMBER)

100% of Norwegian enterprises have a user account and mailbox in Altinn(ORGANISATION NUMBER)

Inhabitants Enterprises

Forms and services within and across different governmental levels

Labour and

welfare

Schools and

educationJustice Health

and care

Buildings and

propertyTraffic

Culture and

leisure

Direct and indirect

taxes

Altinn service platform

Metadata

'Open data'

Historical data

Basic data (registers)

Business Registration Virtual One Stop Shop


Not only for governments

Open data from the Business Register: Available for anyone Computer readable format Free of charge Freely reusable

and redistributable


Updated real time unless you want to download a complete set of all the data.


Norway – control of branches

- 2011: Branch Disclosure Services(BDS)

- from European Business Registers(EBR)

- Control of branches of foreign business enterprises - from United Kingdom, Sweden and Irland

- Monitor company status from the official source- Companies struck off in home country

- Due to information from these three countries case - processing towards the Norwegian branch starts- Three steps over ten weeks

Norway


Norway• Breakout session Tuesday on registry reform the Commission dealt partly with this topic

• Implementation of Directive 2012/17/EU makes this process easier and legally funded

• Will enable us to follow up branches of companies within the European Union

• Status and overview of all companies in the EU/EEA with branches in Norway from the national Business Registers

Business Register Interconnection System

Use of Data from Business Register in Norway

The Brønnøysund Register Centre - Lars Peder Brekk, Director GeneralECRF/CRF Conference 2016

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