De Europese Commissie heeft een voorstel gedaan om de handelsregisters in Europa met elkaar te verbinden:”Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 89/666/EEC, 2005/56/EC and 2009/101/EC as regards the interconnection of central, commercial and companies registers“. Doel is om een betere toegankelijkheid van bedrijfsinformatie te bevorderen.

De Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) levert in een position paper commentaar op dit voorstel. In de laatste nieuwsbrief schrijven ze:

The CCBE welcomes the initiative to facilitate crossborder electronic access to business information, by ensuring business registers are updated, and business information is more easily and readily accessible. Company registers provide company information that is essential for consumers and business partners alike, such as information on a company’s legal form, its seat, capital and legal representatives. Lawyers are in all Member States companies’ source of legal advice. As such, they constantly use information from business registers to determine the legal and economic position of companies involved in the cases they handle. Moreover, they provide on behalf of their clients legal regularity of their operations and draw up corporate documents required by company law. Once established, a consultation tool for legal data concerning all European companies will facilitate the work of lawyers to their clients’ benefit and support the provision of their services throughout the community area, including legal support for cross-border transactions. In its position paper the CCBE proposes some concrete changes in order to improve the text of the proposed directive.

Meer informatie:

• Europees Parlement, Procedure File
• PreLex pagina
• Pagina Europese Commissie over de verbinding van de handelsregisters

Aanvulling 8 juli 2013

Inmiddels is de richtlijn aangenomen, zie deze pagina, “Directive 2012/17/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 89/666/EEC and Directives 2005/56/EC and 2009/101/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the interconnection of central, commercial and companies registers”. Op deze pagina staat ook een samenvatting.

De tekst van de richtlijn staat hier.