View
237
Download
1
Category
Tags:
Preview:
Citation preview
The Ukrainian projectThe Ukrainian project
• Law
• Organisation
• Systems
• European Integration
• EBR
Support for the State Registration of Legal
Entities and Sole Traders in Ukraine
Background to the surveyBackground to the survey
• Interest from Ukraine
• Support from the European Commission
• Support from ECRF
• Support from OECD
• World Bank activity on business registration
Structure of the questionnaireStructure of the questionnaire
• Part 1 – General – overall organisation
and procedures
• Part 2 – Statistics
• Part 3 - Detail
Why is the World Bank concerned Why is the World Bank concerned about business registration?about business registration?
Time required to start a companyTime required to start a company
0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0 40.0
days
European average
Pre-registration Registration Post-registration
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
AlbaniaAustriaBelarusBelgium
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBulgariaCroatia
Czech RepublicDenmark
EstoniaFinlandFrance
GermanyGreece
HungaryIreland
ItalyLatvia
LithuaniaMacedonia, FYR
MoldovaNetherlands
Norw ayPoland
PortugalRomania
Russian FederationSerbia and Montenegro
Slovak RepublicSlovenia
SpainSw eden
Sw itzerlandTurkeyUkraine
United Kingdom
Pre-registration
Registration
Post-registration
6 ways to improve business 6 ways to improve business registrationregistration
• Create single access points for business• Get out of the courts• Make registration electronic• Introduce temporary business licences• Impose a “silence is consent” rule in business
registration• Standardise paperwork
- World Bank, ‘Doing Business in 2005’
6 ways to improve business registration
• Create single access points for businessCreate single access points for business• Get out of the courts• Make registration electronic• Introduce temporary business licences• Impose a “silence is consent” rule in business
registration• Standardise paperwork
- World Bank, ‘Doing Business in 2005’
Updating other databasesUpdating other databases
• Statistics authority
• Tax authority
• Pension Fund
• Social Security
• Employment
“All state and municipal agencies and judicial institutions shall use the commercial register information via Internet; they shall not request the submission of the same data from persons”
Denmark, Commercial Code, Article 541
6 ways to improve business registration
• Create single access points for businessCreate single access points for business• Get out of the courts• Make registration electronic• Introduce temporary business licences• Impose a “silence is consent” rule in business
registration• Standardise paperwork
- World Bank, ‘Doing Business in 2005’
6 ways to improve business registration
• Create single access points for businessCreate single access points for business• Get out of the courtsGet out of the courts• Make registration electronic• Introduce temporary business licences• Impose a “silence is consent” rule in business
registration• Standardise paperwork
- World Bank, ‘Doing Business in 2005’
Organisation of Business Registration in EuropeOrganisation of Business Registration in Europe
CourtsCourts
Organisation of Business Registration in EuropeOrganisation of Business Registration in Europe
CourtsCourts
Chambers of CommerceChambers of Commerce
Organisation of Business Registration in EuropeOrganisation of Business Registration in Europe
CourtsCourts
Chambers of CommerceChambers of Commerce
Administrative officesAdministrative offices
Organisation of Business Registration in EuropeOrganisation of Business Registration in Europe
CourtsCourts
Chambers of CommerceChambers of Commerce
Administrative officesAdministrative offices
Analysis by type of organisationAnalysis by type of organisation
Courts (10)
Chambers of Commerce (2)
Administrativeoff ices (21)
Analysis by number of officesAnalysis by number of offices
Courts (423)
Administrativeoff ices (102)
Chambers ofCommerce (124)
Analysis by number of companiesAnalysis by number of companies
Administrativeoff ices (4.6m)
Courts (2.9m)
Chambers ofCommerce (1.7m)
Companies compared to populationCompanies compared to population
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Under 20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-100 Over 100
Companies per thousand population
CyprusGibraltarIsle of ManLiechtensteinLuxembourg
IcelandMalta
EstoniaHungaryLatviaRomaniaSpain
FinlandIrelandNetherlandsNorwaySloveniaSwedenU.K.
Czech RepublicDenmarkFrance
AustriaBulgariaGermanyItalyLithuaniaMoldovaMontenegroSerbia
6 ways to improve business registration
• Create single access points for businessCreate single access points for business• Get out of the courtsGet out of the courts• Make registration electronic• Introduce temporary business licences• Impose a “silence is consent” rule in business
registration• Standardise paperwork
- World Bank, ‘Doing Business in 2005’
6 ways to improve business registration
• Create single access points for business• Get out of the courts• Make registration electronicMake registration electronic• Introduce temporary business licences• Impose a “silence is consent” rule in business
registration• Standardise paperwork
- World Bank, ‘Doing Business in 2005’
Input - electronicInput - electronic
• Word etc documents
• Via web site
• Via proprietary software
• Via SMS
• Via e-mail
• Scanned documents
• Via EDI
Information processes and structureInformation processes and structure
• Single register
• Number used by all offices
• Electronic format
• Single access point
• Scanned documents
• Electronic signature
• Open standards
• XML within register
• XML externally
Output and interactiveOutput and interactive
Information on web – free
Information on web – paid
Ordering on web - credit card
Annual info by e-mail
Annual info uploaded via web
Annual info via web forms
Domain names
6 ways to improve business registration
• Create single access points for business• Get out of the courts• Make registration electronicMake registration electronic• Introduce temporary business licences• Impose a “silence is consent” rule in business
registration• Standardise paperwork
- World Bank, ‘Doing Business in 2005’
6 ways to improve business registration
• Create single access points for business• Get out of the courts• Make registration electronic• Introduce temporary business licencesIntroduce temporary business licences• Impose a “silence is consent” rule in business
registration• Standardise paperwork
- World Bank, ‘Doing Business in 2005’
6 ways to improve business registration
• Create single access points for business• Get out of the courts• Make registration electronic• Introduce temporary business licences• Impose a “silence is consent” rule in business Impose a “silence is consent” rule in business
registrationregistration• Standardise paperwork
- World Bank, ‘Doing Business in 2005’
6 ways to improve business registration
• Create single access points for business• Get out of the courts• Make registration electronic• Introduce temporary business licences• Impose a “silence is consent” rule in business
registration• Standardise paperworkStandardise paperwork
- World Bank, ‘Doing Business in 2005’
Input - paperInput - paper
• Forms completed by hand
• Forms completed by typewriter
• Free-format documents
• Handwritten documents
• Certified documents
Some questionsSome questions
• Why so many free-form documents?
• Are restrictive objects relevant today?
• What functions are notaries serving?
What next?What next?
• Collect remaining information – including any corrections or updated
information
• Prepare final report on survey– Issue to all participants
• Maintain the information?
Recommended