Corporate Registers Forum Report on the CRF to the IACA Community
What is it? The Corporate Registers Forum (CRF) is an international not for profit organisation for administrators of corporate registers. Our aim is to provide delegates with the opportunity to review the latest developments in corporate business registers internationally and exchange experiences and information on the present and future operation of corporate business registration systems.
Objects To promote liaison, co-operation and discussion among Members' jurisdictions/countries. To exchange or facilitate the exchange of information on the registry systems of Members' jurisdictions/countries, their roles and responsibilities, and issues relevant to their activities, including operational and management practices and procedures, technologies used or proposed and responses to changing registration trends. To identify issues and problems that are seen to impede the efficient and effective management of registries, particularly any cross-border issues. To liaise with other international registry management organisations and constituencies on common registry management issues.
Current Members
Australia The Australian Securities and Investment Commission Bangladesh Office of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC), Ministry of Commerce Bermuda Registrar of Companies Botswana Registrar of Companies, Ministry of Trade & Industry Brazil - Rio de Janeiro Junta Comercial do Estado do Rio de Janeiro British Virgin Islands BVI Financial Services Commission Canada Corporations Directorate Colombia - Bogota Chamber of Commerce of Bogota Cook Islands Cook Islands Financial Supervisory Commission Germany - North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia Gibraltar Companies House Gibraltar Guernsey Guernsey Registry Hong Kong Companies Registry India Ministry of Corporate Affairs Indonesia Ministry of Law and Human Rights Israel The Israeli Corporations Authority (ICA), Ministry of Justice Jersey Jersey Financial Services Commission Jordan Central Trade Registration Directory Macedonia Central register of Republic of Macedonia Malawi Department of the Registrar General Malaysia Labuan Financial Services Authority (Labuan FSA) Malaysia Companies Commission of Malaysia Mauritius Registrar of Companies Mongolia The General Authority of State Registration Netherlands The Netherlands Chamber of Commerce New Zealand Companies Office Nigeria Corporate Affairs Commission Pakistan Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan Portugal Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado Romania The National Trade Register Office, The Ministry of Justice Rwanda Rwanda Development Board Samoa Samoa International Finance Authority Singapore Accounting & Corporate Regulatory Authority Solomon Islands Company Haus Solomon Islands South Africa Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office Spain Land and Mercantile Registrars Association of Spain Sri Lanka Department of Registrar of Companies Tunisia Registre De Commerce De Tunisie United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi Department of of Planning and Economy United Kingdom Companies House Vanuatu Vanuatu Financial Services Commission Zambia Ministry of Commerce Trade and Industry
Conferences 2003 - Auckland New Zealand 2005 Melbourne Australia 2006 Hong Kong 2007 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia & Singapore 2008 Vancouver, Canada 2009 Cape Town, South Africa 2010 Port Louis, Mauritius (confirmed) 2011- Singapore 2012 - India (proposed) 2013 - New Zealand
Singapore 2011
News
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Become a member Application to the Secretariat $400.00 US