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Director General Erik Fossum
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The Brønnøysund Register Centre is an administrative
agency responsible for a number of national control and registration
schemes for business and industry. The overarching aim of
the centre is to improve the conditions for financial security
and efficiency for business and industry, and the public at
large.
Originated in the Viking era
Though a young institution, the Brønnøysund
Register Centre nevertheless embodies traditions dating back
many centuries. The registration of deeds and titles originated
in the Viking era where important news was announced when
all free men were assembled for the Ting, the general
assembly. While the framework and the technology was of course
very different from what we have today, the purpose of registration
was the same - to announce the establishment of a legal relationship
in public. The approval and announcement of business names
and business enterprises also has a long tradition in Norway.
The system used for the last 125 years is in principle much
the same as what we use today.
Service Center for Business and Industry
At the Brønnøysund Register Centre we are acutely
aware of our social responsibilities, both as a necessary
regulatory body and executive authority, but even more so
as a useful service for business and industry.
More and more countries find it necessary to ease the workload
companies have due to their obligations to report to the public
authorities. For this reason they have decided to use our
Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities and our Register
of the Reporting Obligations of Enterprises as models. The
Brønnøysund Register Centre is among the world
leaders when it comes to register operations, a position we
intend to keep.
Coordination
The Brønnøysund Register Centre performs an
important task by coordinating the reporting obligations of
business and industry. The aim is to prevent superfluous collection
and registration of information, which will especially alleviate
the workload for small and medium-sized businesses. The Register
of the Reporting Obligations of Enterprises catalogues the
information the various registers and public bodies require
from business operators and compares the forms issued by the
various bodies. If two or more public authorities or agencies
ask the same type of questions of the same type of companies,
these bodies must cooperate so that their questions are asked
only once. The Act relating to the Register of Reporting Obligations
stipulates that the public authorities and agencies must cooperate.
Central Source of Information
Registration and reporting are not only burdens, they yield
positive effects as well. The Brønnøysund Register
Centre is one of Norway's largest electronic database centres
and thus a useful source of information for many people. Most
of us have at one point or another been in contact with the
Brønnøysund Register Centre. Whether you are
a business manager, a lender, a used car buyer, a journalist
or a regular citizen, you have access to much of the information
stored at the Brønnøysund Register Centre.
Different Registers
Many people are not aware that the Brønnøysund
Register Centre comprises a number of different state electronic
registers. The major ones are the Register of Mortgaged Moveable
Property, the Register of Business Enterprises, the Central
Coordinating Register for Legal Entities, the Register of
Company Accounts, the Register of Bankruptcies and the Register
of Marriage Settlements.
In addition to the registers, we operate the National Fee
Collection Office which is in charge of all the accounting
and invoicing in connection with enforcement proceedings.
The National Fee Collection Office also administers The Norwegian
Register of Hunters for the Directorate for Nature Management,
a register of licensed game hunters in Norway.
Thousands of Enquiries
Sophisticated computer and information technology enables
speedy registration and updating of all information in the
registers, and allows rapid retrieval of information to answer
your enquiries.
Each working day the Brønnøysund Register Centre
answers thousands of enquiries over the telephone and the
Automatic Computer-Linked Phone, the Brønnøysund
fax and through our on-line services. New technology will
make it even simpler in the future to satisfy your reporting
obligations and use the Brønnøysund Register
Centre as your central source of information. If you have
Internet access you can obtain answers to many of your questions
by visiting us on the Web at http://www.brreg.no. Providing
good service is the core of our daily operations.
The Brønnøysund Register Centre provides better
and more orderly conditions for business and industry. We
are also convinced that the availability of information counteracts
white-collar crime. Reliable, proper and impartial information
means financial security.
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