Post on 30-Jul-2015
ECRF working group• Axel Forstmann, Germany• André Nowak, Germany• Tanja Kothes, Germany• Frits van Dam, The Netherlands• Trine Blix, Norway• Vito Giannella, Italy• Adriana Luminita Iacob, Romania• Snezana Tosic, Serbia• Staffan Larsson, Sweden• Annika Bränström, Sweden• Ronald Telson, Sweden• Magdalena Norberg-Schönfeldt, Sweden• Stacey Jo Smith, UK
• (Hayley Clark, IACA)
Survey purpose • 2002 – 2009 The starting years
– Basic statistics on registries and trends– Basic report, limited analyses – Base for benchmarking between registries
• 2010 – 2011 Improvements– Improve the ground for policy learning – Review the survey – Produce a more analytical and coherent report– Find a more solid and long term organisation for future surveys and
reports• 2012 – Make it global
– Include more countries/organisations in the survey– Keep on improving the survey and the report
2002 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
ECRF 20 29 31 31 28 29 31 29
CRF 0 0 0 11 14 12 17 21
2.5
7.5
12.5
17.5
22.5
27.5
32.5
37.5
42.5
47.5
Number of Participating Countriesor Jurisdictions in the 2011 ECRF/CRF survey
Participants by Year
ECRF and CRF Participants
ECRF CRF
Austria** Italy** Botswana* Mongolia
Azerbaijan Jersey** Israel* New Zealand**
Belgium* Liechtenstein** Jordan Pakistan**
Belgium* Lithuania** Lesotho Singapore**
Croatia* Luxembourg** Mauritius* Azerbaijan
Czech Republic* Macedonia South Africa** Georgia
Estonia** Netherlands** Brazil - Rio de Janeiro
Finland Norway** British Virgin Islands*
France** Romania** Canada**
Georgia Serbia* Colombia
Germany* Slovenia* Australia**
Gibraltar* Spain* Cook Islands*
Guernsey* Spain, Central* Hong Kong
Ireland Sweden** India
Isle of Man* Switzerland** Malaysia*
United Kingdom**
* = 2010, 2011 Trend data available ** = 2007, 2010 and 2011 Trend data available
Africa & ME America Asia-Pac Europe
Chamber of Commerce 0 0.25 0 0.0666666666666667
Court of Justice 0 0 0 0.2
Government 1 0.5 0.777777777777778 0.466666666666667
Other 0 0.25 0.222222222222222 0.166666666666667
Public/Private Partnership 0 0 0 0.1
5%
15%
25%
35%
45%
55%
65%
75%
85%
95%
Who Operates the Registry
Africa & ME America Asia-Pac Europe
Required 0.600000000000001 1 0.5 0.862068965517239
Not Required 0.4 0 0.5 0.137931034482759
10%
30%
50%
70%
90%
110%
Registration of a National Branch of a Foreign Company
Africa & ME America Asia-Pac Europe
Required 0.25 0.750000000000002 0.125 0.357142857142859
Not Required 0.750000000000002 0.25 0.875000000000002 0.642857142857143
5%
15%
25%
35%
45%
55%
65%
75%
85%
95%
Registration of Branches of National Companies in Foreign EU Countries
Africa & ME National Com-
panies
Africa & ME Foreign Com-
panies
America Na-tional Compa-
nies
America For-eign Compa-
nies
Asia-Pac Na-tional Compa-
nies
Asia-Pac For-eign Compa-
nies
Europe Na-tional Compa-
nies
Europe Foreign Companies
Yes 0.600000000000001
0.8 1 1 0.125 0.625000000000002
0.379310344827587
0.896551724137928
No 0.4 0.2 0 0 0.875000000000002
0.375000000000001
0.620689655172416
0.103448275862069
5%
15%
25%
35%
45%
55%
65%
75%
85%
95%
Provision of a Registration Number for Branches
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 1400
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
AT
AZ
BE, LI, SG BW
AU, VG
CA, CZ
CK, GE
HR
EE FI
CO, FR, GG,DE
GI
HK
IN IR
IM
MN, IL
IT
JEJO
4 MKMY
MU
NLNZ
NO
PK
RO
RS
SIZA
SE
CH
UK
Time to Process Changes Vs Time to Process Registrations (includes time for prior filing activities, excludes outliers)
Time to Process Incorporation in Hours
Tim
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Conclusions in the 2012 report (1)• European registries seem to be more empowered• The general trend is to provide companies with a
unique identification number• It is a common practice in all regions to register a
national branch of a foreign company • Mandatory pre-registration activities are more
common in Europe• The existence of pre-registration activities has a
negative effect on processing-time• No general trend for decreased processing time
compared to 2010
2023-04-15
• It is more common to send documents electronically in Europe than elsewhere
• The usage of e-services has very limited impact on processing-time and productivity
• Africa & the Middle East are performing better in business dynamics
• There is a positive trend in company turnover in all regions
Conclusions in the 2012 report (2)
Some concluding remarks regarding the next report (2013)
• Anguilla• Brazil - Alagoas Maceio• Canada, Nova Scotia• Canada, Saskatchewan• China - Shenzhen Municipality• Delaware• Gambia, the• Hawaii• Kansas• Kiribati• Louisana• Manitoba• Michigan• Moldova• Montana
• Nevada• Newfoundland and Labrador• North Carolina• Ohio• Oregon• Papua New Guinea• Russia• Texas• Turkey• Uganda• Utah• Washington DC• Washington State• Wisconsin
A number of new countries/organisations were invited to participate in the 2013 survey, those were:
New questions in the survey for the report 2013
• A question about corporate identity theft has been included
• More types of companies (limited companies and US LLC)
• Questions about Annual returns
• In all 23 amended and improved questions
• The 2013 report will be published on the 10th of May