7th International Conference of the Commerce Registers in Europe
THE COMMERCE REGISTERS IN EUROPE : WHAT SECURITY LEVEL ?
Paris, 30 September - 1 October, 2004
Hotel Lutétia

Conference Speeches

Thursday, 30th September


Opening of the Conference by benoît Battistelli, Président of the ECRF 2004, Director General of INPI
and Pascal Daniel, Vice-President of ECRF, President of CNG.[1]

Opening speech by Nicole Guedj, Secrétaire d'Etat aux droits des victimes auprès du Ministre de la Justice.[2]

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

 

Presentation of the registers

 
  • The french register, by Mariette Serres (INPI) & Jean-Jacques Mey (CNG) [3•4]
  • Organisation of the Norvwegian register, by Eric Fossum (Bronnoysund Register Center) [5]
  • A new European Union member : the Czech register, by Petr Landkammer (Ministry of Justice) [6•7]
 

System Comparison : Similarities and differences

 
  • Round tablechaired by Jean-Marc Bahans (Register of Bordeaux, France) with the participation of :
    Neil Butler (Compagnies House, Great-Britain)
    Eric Fossum (Bronnoysund Register Center, Norway)
    Heinz-Juergen Held (Local Court of Dortmund, Germany)
    Petr Landkammer (Ministry of Justice, Czech Republic)
   

Alberto Schena (Infocamere, Italy)
Session II : The legalEuropean context : what statement for the futur ?
 

 

The guidelines, Keystone for a common structure

 
  • Overview of the present situation and ongoing projects by Dominic Thienpont (U.E Commission)
  • 3 exemples of transpositions of directives into national laws :
    The Netherlands approach by Kitty Shopman (Association of Chambers of Commerce) [8•9]
    Exemple of Nothern Europe by Dorthe Köerner (Bronnoysund Register Center) [10•11•12•13]
    Annual account filing in Great-Britain by Lynn Lynch (Compagnies Houses) [14]
 

 

The big European Market and business expectations

 
  • The European compagny statute : an asset for business by Joëlle Simon (MEDEF, France) [15]
  • Business leaders testimonials : Mark Favero (Brinks France)
and Holger Kunze (VDMA European Office, Germany) [16•17]
  • Compagny head office transfer within the European Community [18]
  • 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)
Friday, 1st October
Session III : Legal security and information access
 

 

Information and communication techniques :

 
  • Data exchange and protection, computer systems compatibility by Paul Farrell (CRO, Ireland) [19]
  • Semantic interoperability by Jeannine Lilleng (Bronnoysund Register Center, Norway)
  • Business identification : the multiplicity of numbers by Andrée Ahano (Coface, France) [20]
 

 

The register, an economic transparency factor : Dissemination information systems

 
  • European Business Registers presentation by Simona Boscolo Bragadin (EBR) [21]
 

• The French way by Serge Chambaud (INPI) and Jacques Doucède (CNG) [22]
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 [23]
General Assembly [24]
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