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7th International Conference of
the Commerce Registers of Europe

Paris, 30 September - 1 October 2004

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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

 

 

Wednesday, 29 September   

17:00

Welcome desk at the Hotel Lutetia  

Thursday, 30 September   










8:15

Registration.  

9:30

Opening of the conference

by
Benoît Battistelli, President, ECRF 2004; Director General, INPI
and
Pascal Daniel, Vice-President, ECRF 2004; President, CNG.   

Opening speech

by
Dominique Perben, Garde des Sceaux, Ministre de la Justice


Session I : Coexistence of different European systems, foundations and characteristics


Chaired by Luis Fernandez del Pozo, Registrar, Collegio de Registradores, Spain


Presentation of registers

• The French register, by Mariette Serres (INPI) and Jean-Jacques Mey (CNG)


• Organization of the Norwegian register, by Eric Fossum (Bronnoysund Register Centre)


• A new European Union member : the Czech register, by Petr Landkammer (Ministry of Justice)


10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

Systems Comparison : Similarities and differences

• Round table chaired by Jean-Marc Bahans (Register of Bordeaux, France)

with the participation of :

Neil Butler (Companies House,Great-Britain)
Eric Fossum (Bronnoysund Register Centre, Norway)
Heinz-Juergen Held(Local Court of Dortmund,Germany)
Petr Landkammer (Ministry of Justice, Czech Republic)
Alberto Schena (Infocamere, Italy)

12:00

Lunch at the Hotel Lutetia

13:45

Session II : The legal European context: what statement for the future ?

Chaired by Benoît Battistelli
President of ECRF 2004, Director General of INPI

The guidelines, keystone for a common structure

• Overview of the present situation and ongoing projects
by Dominique Thienpont (EU Commission)

• 3 examples of transpositions of directives into national law :
- The Netherlands approach
by Kitty Shopman (Association of Chambers of Commerce)
- Example of Northern Europe
by Dorthe Köerner (Association of Chambers of Commerce)
- Annual account filings in Great-Britain
by Lynn Lynch (Companies Houses)

15:00

Coffee Break

15:30

The big European Market and business expectations

• The European company statute : an asset for business
by Joëlle Simon (MEDEF- France)

• Business leaders testimonials :
Marc Favero ( Brinks France) and
Holger Kunze(VDMA European Office, Germany)

Company head office transfer within the European Community

• Round table chaired
by Jean-Pierre Cochard (Court of Cassation, France)
with the participation of :

Jean-Marc Bahans (Registrar of Bordeaux, France)
Francis Léger (Registrar of Caen, France)
Michel Menjucq(University Paris 1, France)
Joëlle Simon (MEDEF, France)
Heinz Willer (Federal Ministry of Justice, Berlin, Germany)


17:15

End of the afternoon session

18:30

Departure for the Conference dinner by bus from the Hotel Lutetia Visit of the Musée d’Orsay

20:30

Conference dinner in the restaurant of the museum

Friday, 1 October   






09:00

Introduction
by Serge Chambaud (INPI, France)


09:15

Session III : Legal security and information access

Chaired by Paul Farrell
Registrar, Companies Registration Office, Ireland

Information and communication techniques :


• Data exchange and protection, computer systems compatibility
by Paul Farrell (CRO, Ireland)

• Semantic interoperability
by Jeanine Lilleng(Bronnoysund Register Centre, Norway)

• Business identification : the multiplicity of numbers
by Andrée Ahano (Coface-SCRL, France)

10:15

Coffee Break

The register, an economic transparency factor :
Dissemination information systems


• European Business Registers presentation
by Simona Boscolo Bragadin (EBR)

• The French way
by Serge Chambaud (INPI) and Jacques Doucède (CNG)


11:30

Closing speech

by Patrick Devedjian
Ministre délégué à l'Industrie, auprès du Ministre d'Etat,
Ministre de l'Economie, des Finances et de l'Industrie


Closing of the conference

by next president Paul Farrell (Ireland)

12:00

Lunch at the Hotel Lutetia
 
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