in Belgium, the ‘Registre du commerce/Handelsregister’ and the ‘Ordres professionels/Beroepsorden’;

F2in Bulgaria ‘Търговски регистър’;

in Denmark, ‘Erhvervs- og Selskabsstyrelsen’;

in Germany, the ‘Handelsregister’, the ‘Handwerksrolle’, the ‘Vereinsregister’, ‘Partnerschaftsregister’ and the ‘Mitgliedsverzeichnisse de Berufskammern der Ländern’;

in 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 A, the professional register ‘Mητρώο Μελετητών’ and ‘Μητρώο Γραφείων Μελετών’;

in Spain, the ‘Registro Oficial de Empresas Clasificadas del Ministerio de Hacienda’;

in France, the ‘Registre du commerce’ and the ‘Répertoire des métiers’;

F1in Croatia, ‘Sudski registar trgovačkih društava u Republici Hrvatskoj’ or ‘Obrtni registar Republike Hrvatske’;

in 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 and under a specific trading name;

in 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’;

in Luxembourg, the ‘Registre aux firmes’ and the ‘Rôle de la chambre des métiers’;

in the Netherlands, the ‘Handelsregister’;

in Austria, the ‘Firmenbuch’, the ‘Gewerberegister’, the ‘Mitgliederverzeichnisse der Landeskammern’;

in Portugal, the ‘Registo nacional das Pessoas Colectivas’;

F2in Romania ‘Registrul Comerțului’;

in Finland, the ‘Kaupparekisteri’ and ‘Handelsregistret’;

in Sweden, ‘aktiebolags-, handels- eller föreningsregistren’;

in 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 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.