LRC system integration enables the exchange of information on business prohibitions between EEA member states
The system integration implemented by the Legal Register Centre (LRC) will enable the smooth exchange of information on business prohibitions between member states of the European Economic Area (EEA). The reform will also improve the ability of authorities to be informed of business prohibitions imposed in other member states.
The Legal Register Centre serves as the controller of the Finnish register of prohibitions to pursue a business. The register contains the information of currently valid prohibitions to pursue a business. Since 2024, the LRC has been working on a technical information system project to implement integrations and functionalities that facilitate the exchange of EEA information on business prohibitions.
The electronic exchange of information on business prohibitions will begin in spring 2026 through the Business Registers Interconnection System (BRIS).
How is information exchanged?
In practice, information is exchanged in such a way that the competent authority, prosecutor or court in Finland may request information from the Legal Register Centre on whether a person has been prohibited from pursuing a business or participating in a business in another EEA member state. When the LRC receives such a request from the authorities, it then requests this information from the other EEA country in question. The LRC does not register information requested from another Member State in Finland, but only forwards this information to the authority that made the request.
A business prohibition issued in another EEA member state may be taken into account in the overall assessment of imposing a business prohibition provided that it has been imposed on similar grounds as would be imposed in Finland.
Information is also exchanged in the other direction. At the request of an authority in another EEA member state, the Legal Register Centre automatically discloses through the BRIS system whether a business prohibition has been imposed in Finland on the person mentioned in the request.
Information exchange increases security
The main objective of exchanging information on business prohibitions is to protect persons dealing with companies and prevent fraud and other abuses in EEA member states. Information exchange provides a centralised and standardised method of exchanging information on business prohibitions between member states.
Further information:
ork_yor@om.fi, Civil registers email