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-description: A brief one line description of this tool
+description: >-
+  Consolidated company register covering most of the EU, Liechtenstein and
+  Norway.
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 # EU consolidated corporate registers
 
 ## URL
 
-https://example.com
+[https://e-justice.europa.eu/content\_find\_a\_company-489-en.do](https://e-justice.europa.eu/content_find_a_company-489-en.do)
 
 ## Description
 
-\[\[ A full description of the tool, any background information needed to use it. What problem does it solve? Can you give an example use case? ]]
+The data on the portal is gathered in real time from national registers, and only info provided free of charge on national registers is available free on the portal (see the [general info page](https://e-justice.europa.eu/489/EN/business_registers__search_for_a_company_in_the_eu?EUROPEAN_UNION\&action=maximize\&idSubpage=1\&member=1)). These are the countries covered:
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+<figure><img src=".gitbook/assets/Screenshot 2024-11-27 at 09.12.44.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Countries included in the consolidated register - you can 'select all'</p></figcaption></figure>
+
+However, some data that is free in a national register does not appear on the portal. For example, here is the portal's data for a French company:
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+<figure><img src=".gitbook/assets/Screenshot 2024-11-27 at 10.33.47.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Top of the EU register page for an example company</p></figcaption></figure>
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+Here is the same company's listing on the French register:&#x20;
+
+<figure><img src=".gitbook/assets/Screenshot 2024-11-27 at 10.12.06.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Top of the French register page for an example company</p></figcaption></figure>
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+Note that the French site provides data that the EU register does not,  like the NAF code (which classifies business activities), many more documents than you can order on the EU register, and related companies. The leader data also includes other companies in which that person is involved.
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+So the EU register could be a good place to start a search for a company that you know is in Europe, but you're not sure which country. Then go to the national register to see if you can get more information.
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+The portal has greater country coverage than OpenCorporates, which has archived data for many European countries (see the map on [this page](https://knowledge.opencorporates.com/knowledge-base/overview/)).
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+The portal includes [links](https://e-justice.europa.eu/489/EN/business_registers__search_for_a_company_in_the_eu?EUROPEAN_UNION\&action=maximize\&idSubpage=1\&member=1) to all the national registers.
 
 ## Cost
 
 * [x] Free
 * [ ] Partially Free
 * [ ] Paid
 
-\[\[Pricing or subscription information, if relevant.]]
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 ## Level of difficulty
 
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 ## Requirements
 
-\[\[Information on the requirement for using a tool, for instance, API key, e-mail address etc.]]
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 ## Limitations
 
-\[\[The limitations of each tool should be described. This is important for researchers if they want to decide whether they should invest the time to learn how to use a new tool.]]
+National registers may contain additional data.
 
 ## Ethical Considerations
 
-\[\[The ethical considerations of each tool should be described.]]
+\-
 
 ## Guides and articles
 
-\[\[Link to guides on this tool and to articles on research that was done with the help of this tool]]
+European e-Justice: [About page](https://e-justice.europa.eu/489/EN/business_registers__search_for_a_company_in_the_eu?EUROPEAN_UNION\&action=maximize\&idSubpage=1\&member=1)
 
 ## Tool provider
 
-\[\[Name the tool provider (and potentially info on them)]]
+European e-Justice Portal, an official website of the European Union
 
 ## Advertising Trackers
 
 * [x] This tool has not been checked for advertising trackers yet.
 * [ ] This tool uses tracking cookies. Use with caution.
 * [ ] This tool does not appear to use tracking cookies.
 
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-| \[\[Your name here (optional) or "Bellingcat volunteer team"]] |
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+| Page maintainer    |
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+| Katherine de Tolly |
+|                    |