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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-81/annex-VII/part-B",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2009/81",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of procedures for the award of certain works contracts, supply contracts and service contracts by contracting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security, and amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-81",
  "path": "annex/VII/part/B",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "B",
  "heading": "Supply contracts",
  "text": "The relevant professional and trade registers and declarations and certificates are:\nin Belgium the ‘Registre du Commerce’/‘Handelsregister’,\nin Bulgaria, the ‘Търговски регистър’,\nin the Czech Republic, the ‘obchodní rejstřík’,\nin Denmark, the ‘Erhvervs- og Selskabsstyrelsen’,\nin Germany, the ‘Handelsregister’ and the ‘Handwerksrolle’,\nin Estonia, the ‘Registrite ja Infosüsteemide Keskus’,\nin Greece, the ‘Βιοτεχνικό ή Εμπορικό ή Βιομηχανικό Επιμελητήριο’ and the ‘Μητρώο Κατασκευαστών Αμυντικού Υλικού’,\nin Spain, the ‘Registro Mercantil’ or, in the case of non-registered individuals, a certificate stating that the person concerned has declared on oath that he is engaged in the profession in question,\nin France, the ‘Registre du commerce et des sociétés’ and the ‘Répertoire des métiers’,\nin Croatia, ‘ Sudski registar trgovačkih društava u Republici Hrvatskoj ’ or ‘ Obrtni registar Republike Hrvatske ’ ,\nin Ireland, the supplier may be requested to provide a certificate from the Registrar of Companies or the Registrar of Friendly Societies that he is certified as incorporated or registered 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,\nin Italy, the ‘Registro della Camera di commercio, industria, agricoltura e artigianato’, and the ‘Registro delle commissioni provinciali per l’artigianato’,\nin Cyprus, the supplier may be requested to provide a certificate from the ‘Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver’ (Έφορος Εταιρειών και ΕπίσημοςΠαραλήπτης) or, if this is not the case, 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 and under a given business name,\nin Latvia, the ‘Uzņēmumu reģistrs’,\nin Lithuania, the ‘Juridinių asmenų registras’,\nin Luxembourg, the ‘Registre aux firmes’ and the ‘Rôle de la Chambre des métiers’,\nin Hungary, the ‘Cégnyilvántartás’, the ‘egyéni vállalkozók jegyzői nyilvántartása’,\nin Malta: the supplier 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,\nin the Netherlands, the ‘Handelsregister’,\nin Austria, the ‘Firmenbuch’, the ‘Gewerberegister’, the ‘Mitgliederverzeichnisse der Landeskammern’,\nin Poland, the ‘Krajowy Rejestr Sądowy’,\nin Portugal, the ‘Registro Nacional das Pessoas Colectivas’,\nin Romania, the ‘Registrul Comerțului’,\nin Slovenia, the ‘Sodni register’ and the ‘obrtni register’,\nin Slovakia, the ‘Obchodný register’,\nin Finland, the ‘Kaupparekisteri’/‘Handelsregistret’,\nin Sweden, the ‘aktiebolags-, handels- eller föreningsregistren’,\nin the United Kingdom, the supplier may be requested to provide a certificate from the Registrar of Companies stating that he is certified as incorporated or registered 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 a specific place under a given business name.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Council Directive 2013/16/EU of 13 May 2013 adapting certain directives in the field of public procurement, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/81/annex/VII/part/B",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}