{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-81/annex-VII/part-C",
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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/C",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "C",
  "heading": "Service contracts",
  "text": "The relevant professional and trade registers and declarations and certificates are:\nin Belgium, the ‘Registre du commerce/Handelsregister’ and the ‘Ordres professionels/Beroepsorden’,\nin Bulgaria, the ‘Търговски регистър’,\nin the Czech Republic, the ‘obchodní rejstřík’,\nin Denmark, the ‘Erhvervs- og Selskabsstyrelsen’,\nin Germany, the ‘Handelsregister’, the ‘Handwerksrolle’, the ‘Vereinsregister’, the ‘Partnerschaftsregister’ and the ‘Mitgliedsverzeichnisse der Berufskammern der Länder’,\nin Estonia, the ‘Registrite ja Infosüsteemide Keskus’,\nin Ireland, the service provider 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,\nin Greece, the service provider may be asked to provide a declaration on the exercise of the profession concerned made on oath before a notary; in the cases provided for by existing national legislation, for the provision of research services as mentioned in Annex I, the professional register ‘Μητρώο Μελετητών’ and the ‘Μητρώο Γραφείων Μελετών’,\nin Spain, the ‘Registro Oficial de Licitadores y Empresas Clasificadas del Estado’,\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 Italy, the ‘Registro della Camera di commercio, industria, agricoltura e artigianato’, the ‘Registro delle commissioni provinciali per l’artigianato’ or the ‘Consiglio nazionale degli ordini professionali’,\nin Cyprus, the service provider may be requested to provide a certificate from the ‘Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver’ (Έφορος Εταιρειών και Επίσημος Παραλήπτης) 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’, some ‘szakmai kamarák nyilvántartása’ or, in the case of some activities, a certificate stating that the person concerned is authorised to be engaged in the commercial activity or profession in question,\nin Malta: the service provider can obtain 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 service provider may be requested to provide a certificate from the Registrar of Companies or, if he is not so certified, a certificate stating that he has declared on oath that he is engaged in the profession in question 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": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/81/annex/VII/part/C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:08.575465+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}