Wednesday, 29th September

17:00

19:15

20:0

Thursday, 30th September

08:15

09:00

Opening of the Conference

by
Benoît Battistelli, President of ECRF 2004, Director General of INPI
and
Pascal Daniel, Vice-President of ECRF 2004, President of 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

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 (Bronnoysund Register Centre)

- Annual account filings in Great-Britain
by Lynn Lynch (Companies Houses)

15:00

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

18:30


20:30

End of the afternoon session

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

Conference dinner in the restaurant of the museum

Friday 1rst October

09:00


09:15

Introduction
by Serge Chambaud (INPI, France)

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









12:00

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)

Lunch at the Hotel Lutetia