Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

PART A U.K. Works contracts

The professional registers and corresponding declarations and certificates for each Member State are:

• in Belgium the ‘Registre du Commerce’/‘Handelsregister’,

• in Bulgaria, the ‘Търговски регистър’,

• in the Czech Republic, the ‘obchodní rejstřík’,

• in Denmark, the ‘Erhvervs- og Selskabsstyrelsen’,

• in Germany, the ‘Handelsregister’ and the ‘Handwerksrolle’,

• in Estonia, the ‘Registrite ja Infosüsteemide Keskus’,

• in Ireland, the contractor may be requested to provide a certificate from the Registrar of Companies or the Registrar of Friendly Societies or, if he is not so certified, a certificate stating that the person concerned has declared on oath that he is engaged in the profession in question in the country in which he is established, in a specific place under a given business name,

• in Greece, the ‘Μητρώο Εργοληπτικών Επιχειρήσεων — MEΕΠ’ of the Ministry for Environment, Town and Country Planning and Public Works (Υ.ΠΕ.ΧΩ.Δ.Ε),

• in Spain, the ‘Registro Oficial de Licitadores y Empresas Clasificadas del Estado’,

• in France, the ‘Registre du commerce et des sociétés’ and the ‘Répertoire des métiers’,

• in Italy, the ‘Registro della Camera di commercio, industria, agricoltura e artigianato’,

• in Cyprus, the contractor may be requested to provide a certificate from the ‘Council for the Registration and Audit of Civil Engineering and Building Contractors (Συμβούλιο Εγγραφήςκαι Ελέγχου Εργοληπτών Οικοδομικών και Τεχνικών Έργων)’ in accordance with the Registration and Audit of Civil Engineering and Building Contractors Law,

• in Latvia, the ‘Uzņēmumu reģistrs’,

• in Lithuania, the ‘Juridinių asmenų registras’,

• in Luxembourg, the ‘Registre aux firmes’ and the ‘Rôle de la Chambre des métiers’,

• in Hungary, the ‘Cégnyilvántartás’, the ‘egyéni vállalkozók jegyzői nyilvántartása’,

• in Malta, the contractor obtains his ‘numru ta’ registrazzjoni tat-Taxxa tal-Valur Miżjud (VAT) u n-numru tal-licenzja ta’ kummerc’, and, in the case of a partnership or company, the relevant registration number as issued by the Malta Financial Services Authority,

• in the Netherlands, the ‘Handelsregister’,

• in Austria, the ‘Firmenbuch’, the ‘Gewerberegister’, the ‘Mitgliederverzeichnisse der Landeskammern’,

• in Poland, the ‘Krajowy Rejestr Sądowy’,

• in Portugal, the ‘Instituto da Construção e do Imobiliário’ (INCI),

• in Romania, the ‘Registrul Comerțului’,

• in Slovenia, the ‘Sodni register’ and the ‘obrtni register’,

• in Slovakia, the ‘Obchodný register’,

• in Finland, the ‘Kaupparekisteri’/‘Handelsregistret’,

• in Sweden, the ‘aktiebolags-, handels- eller föreningsregistren’,

• in the United Kingdom, the contractor may be requested to provide a certificate from the Registrar of Companies or, if he is not so certified, a certificate stating that the person concerned has declared on oath that he is engaged in the profession in question in the country in which he is established in a specific place under a given business name.

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For the purposes of Article 40, ‘registers’ means those listed in this Annex and, where changes have been made at national level, the registers which have replaced them. This Annex is only indicative and does not prejudge the compatibility of these registers with Community law on the freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide services.