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60-540: (Redirected from BDEW ) The Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft ( BDEW ) e.V. (German Association of Energy and Water Industries) with headquarters in Berlin is the German business organisation for the energy ( power producers , grid operators , natural gas , electricity and district heating ) and water industry ( water supply and sanitation ). BDEW influences

120-520: A register . The act was repealed on the restitution of the monarchy in 1660, with the duty reverting to the established churches, until the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1836 which affected England and Wales. The General Register Office for England and Wales was set up and the civil registration of births , marriages , and deaths in England and Wales became mandatory on 1 July 1837. Initially

180-401: A died person. Acts of civil status replaced Metricheskiye knigi (Parish registers) in 1918. All registers before 1918 are open for everyone. Births, deaths and marriages must be registered by register office called Body of registration of acts of civil status (орган записи актов гражданского состояния - organ zapisi aktov grazhdanskogo sostoyaniya or орган ЗАГС – organ ZAGS for short) or

240-662: A legal requirement for relevant authority to be notified of certain life events, such as births, marriages and deaths. The first country to establish a nationwide population register was France in 1539, using the registers of the Catholic Church . Sweden followed in 1631, on the basis of a register drawn up by the Church of Sweden on behalf of the Swedish king . The United Nations defines civil registration as "the continuous, permanent, compulsory and universal recording of

300-444: A much broader scope. They can be locally limited club-like institutions but also nationwide units representing important economic or social groups. It is even possible that registered associations themselves form a new association whose membership is composed entirely of associations (often called Dachverband ). The statutory minimum number of members for forming a registered association is seven. The minimum number of members before

360-524: A person entered and left a municipality. In 1940, the Dutch government did not want to mandate citizen's identification, but during World War II the German occupying government mandated it so they could assess who was to be sent to Germany as forced labor and to select Jewish citizens from the general population. When the war was over, mandatory identification was done away with. In the 1990s all local registries were automated, and starting on 1 October 1994

420-683: A public notary, always a layman, and were kept in the local royal administration's archives. In fact, as the church kept parish registers since the Middle Ages (the oldest one in France is Givry 's, of 1303), these registers were used to meet the ordinance's dispositions. The national registration was fully laicized in 1792 during the French Revolution by order of the French Republic. These records have been continued through

480-524: A registered association needs to be dissolved is three. The largest associations can have over one million members, there is no legal limit concerning membership numbers. The registration of Vereine is regulated in the Vereinsregisterverordnung (VRV) ( lit.   ' Regulations for the registry of associations ' ). It requires registration of an e.V. with the association registry ( Vereinsregister ) either kept at

540-422: A vital record. In Burkina Faso, since 2015, a centralized civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system is being implemented by the non-governmental organization iCivil Africa. This "new tech start up has set themselves a massive task: to register all newborn babies digitally". Belgium maintains a National Register ( Registre National / Rijksregister ) of citizens and resident foreigners. The register

600-474: Is a legal status for a registered voluntary association in Germany. While any group may be called a Verein , registration as eingetragener Verein confers many legal benefits, because it confers the status of a juridical person rather than just a group of individuals. The legal status must be mentioned in the name as well. Like certain other corporate bodies, an eingetragener Verein can apply for

660-425: Is a type of civil register primarily concerned with the current residence. Civil registration is faced with many challenges, both on the demand side and supply side, especially in low-income countries. The demand-side challenges include a lack of awareness of the need for and importance of registration of vital events, and the situation is not helped by the many existing barriers to registration. For example, in 2009,

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720-496: Is a type of civil register which is more concerned with events within the family unit and is common in Continental European and Asian countries, such as Germany ( Familienbuch ), France, Spain, China ( Hukou ), Japan ( Koseki ), and North and South Korea ( Hoju ). Additionally, in some countries, immigration , emigration , and any change of residence may require notification. A register of residents

780-548: Is administered centrally by the Ministry of the Interior ( SPF Intérieur / FOD Binnenlandse Zaken ) and locally by Belgian municipalities and embassies . Citizens and resident foreigners are issued with a National Register Number ( numéro de registre national / rijksregisternummer ), which features on their identity card . France was the first country to create a national registration. In 1539, King Francis I ordered in

840-485: Is also a welcome departure from the present mechanism of relying on surveys for estimations of birth registration rates and projections of the numbers of births each year." In South Africa, vital records are contained in the National Population Register, which is maintained by the national Department of Home Affairs . Any Home Affairs office can record a vital event or issue a certified copy of

900-802: Is called hojeok in South Korea and koseki in Japan , Familienbuch in Germany , hukou in China , hộ khẩu in Vietnam and (formerly) propiska in the Soviet Union . Often, official recognition of certain events or status may be granted only when such event or status is registered in the family registry—for example, in Japan, a marriage is legally effective when and only when such filing

960-610: Is called or a postmortem is held. Marriages are registered at the time of the ceremony by either The official registers are not directly accessible by the general public. Instead, indexes are made available which can be used to find the relevant register entry and then request a certified copy of the details. The General Register Office —now merged into His Majesty's Passport Office —has overall responsibility for registration administration. Civil registration came into force in Scotland on 1 January 1855. A significant difference from

1020-587: Is high enough to legally require an audit ( Revisionspflicht ). In Austria, all associations are registered in a special register, and having an e.V. in the name is not allowed. Civil registration The United Nations General Assembly in 1979 adopted the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women , Article 16 of which requires countries to establish compulsory civil registration of marriages. Most countries have

1080-533: Is not related to this system. In Spain, the first civil registers were created in 1841 in the big and medium-size cities of the country. The current Civil Register was established on January 1, 1871 in all municipalities and in 1873 it was created and special Civil Register for the Royal Family, which still exits today. Both of this registers record names, surnames, births, deaths, marriages, divorces and other relevant data, and both of them are supervised by

1140-625: Is recorded into the household register (known as a koseki ). In other cases, the family register serves as a centralized repository for family legal events, such as births, deaths, marriages, and expatriations, as with the Familienbuch in use in Germany and the livret de famille  [ fr ] in France, although it is not the sole source of official recognition for such events. Use of government-sanctioned or administered family registers, while common in many European nations and in countries which use continental-style civil law (where

1200-495: Is the basic type of a juridical person while the Gesellschaft is dogmatically more a partnership. Due to this theoretical distinction, the concept of Verein is also the legal basis for particular economic entities ( Kapitalgesellschaften ) such as GmbH and Aktiengesellschaft , which are also endowed with juridical personhood. These are regulated in separate statutes as special economic associations but bear

1260-706: The World Health Statistics Quarterly of the World Health Organization estimated that only about 1% of the estimated deaths in low-income groups are reported and just about 9% in lower-middle-income groups. The registration systems in many cases are very difficult, causing potential barriers to accessing the registration. Furthermore, in certain societies, due to stigmatisation based on cultural and religious settings, single mothers may fear questions of paternity during notification through chief or community agents. On

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1320-558: The hojeok (similar to the Japanese household registry, written using identical Chinese characters ) was repealed in 2005, in favor of a personal registry system. The systems of household registers in China, Korea and Japan date back to the Tang dynasty or Heian period or earlier, both since the seventh century. In Namibia , civil registration mandate lies with the government through

1380-642: The Berliner Montagsclub , founded in 1749. The first cross-class associations were founded in German-speaking coutries during the 18th century. As a result of industrialisation during the nineteenth century, modern clubs, societies and federations began to develop, including those focused on culture, education and socialising. The term 'association' is commonly used interchangeably with e.V. along with 'club', 'society', and other classifications denoting non-profit entities. This term refers to

1440-659: The Ministry of Justice , through the Directorate-General for the Registries and Notaries. In Sweden, the civil registry is maintained by the Swedish Tax Agency ( Skatteverket ); up into the 1990s the Church of Sweden was responsible. Recording of births and deaths was stipulated in the early 17th century, formal national censuses have been made since the mid-18th century, and Sweden has one of

1500-534: The Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts , as part of a wider legislation regarding the policing of church benefices , to keep vital records registers in the various church local institutions (mainly parishes ). The ordinance orderer the creation of at least a register of baptisms , as a proof of one's date of birth, and a register of burials of churchmen, as a proof of one's date of death. Though both registers were kept by religious authorities, they were authenticated by

1560-678: The Portuguese Constitution of 1911 ) and is officially called Institute of Registries and Notaries ( Portuguese : Instituto dos Registos e Notariado ) and exists in its current form since 2007. On April 20, 1911, the "Law of Separation of the Church of the State" radicalized the secular state and determined that all parish registers (baptisms, marriages, and deaths) prior to 1911 should be civilly effective and transferred from parishes to newly established Civil Registry Offices. This

1620-631: The English system is the greater detail required for a registration. This means that if a certified copy of an entry is requested, it will contain much more information. The General Register Office for Scotland has overall responsibility for registration administration and drafting legislative changes in this area (as well as census data). They are governed by the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 and subsequent legislation (responsibility for which has now been devolved to

1680-582: The French. In 1811, this registration was introduced throughout the country. The Dutch differentiate between the basisregistratie personen , an ongoing database of citizens' information, and the burgerlijke stand , which is a collection (at the municipal level) of documents evidencing certain events taking place in a given municipality, such as birth, marriage, civil union , and death. Beginning on 1 January 1850, municipalities were obliged to keep citizen's records in book form (Dutch: bevolkingsregister). Early in

1740-867: The German energy policy and is a proponent of free-market designs. Depending on the sources, BDEW represents over 1800 or even 1900 companies, including local and municipal utilities as well as regional and inter-regional suppliers. Among the big players in the association are E.ON , Vattenfall , EnBW and RWE . References [ edit ] ^ "BDEW-German Association of Energy and Water Industries" . Clean Energy Wire . 2014-09-24 . Retrieved 2019-07-25 . ^ BDEW. "Impressum" . BDEW (in German) . Retrieved 2019-07-25 . ^ "Chambers and associations" . deutschland.de . 2012-08-14 . Retrieved 2019-07-25 . External links [ edit ] bdew.de - Home page ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/… - Identification number in

1800-467: The Institute of Registries and Notaries ( Portuguese : Instituto dos Registos e Notariado ). In general, there is a civil registry office in each Portuguese province , and in the cities of Lisbon , Porto , Vila Nova de Gaia and Setubal there are eleven, four, two and two conservatories respectively. In small and medium-sized municipalities, conservatories also accumulate other functions besides

1860-527: The Meistersinger) and events were run. Societies based on language were formed in the seventeenth century, with exclusive English upper class gentlemen's clubs of the eighteenth century, Masonic lodges , the literary societies of the Enlightenment , and political clubs of the French Revolution being some of the earliest examples. One of the most notable social clubs of the early period was

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1920-559: The Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration, which has offices in all fourteen region of the country. Although some vital events (e.g., marriages) are recorded by various agencies (e.g., church and courts), vital records are contained in the National Population Register, which is maintained by the Department of Civil Registration within the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration. In Namibia, civil registration and identity management systems are integrated and managed by one department. Over

1980-719: The Palace of Marriages (Дворец бракосочетаний) for civil marriage ceremonies. The system is decentralized. Each Russian federal subject has its own regional body as a part of regional government. The Unified state register of acts of civil status (EGR ZAGS, Единый государственный реестр записей актов гражданского состояния –ЕГР ЗАГС) maintained by the Federal Tax Service of Russia began operations since October 1, 2018. The system of resident registration in Russia (and former propiska ) maintained by centralized federal body

2040-491: The civil registry, such as land registration ( Portuguese : registo predial ), commercial (legal entities, Portuguese : registo comercial ) and vehicles ( Portuguese : registo de automóveis ). In Lisbon, the Central Registry Office ( Portuguese : Conservatória dos Registos Centrais ) is located, it was created in 1949 and is responsible for registrations involving Portuguese citizens abroad and for

2100-538: The district court of its seat or, if directed by state law, as a centralized register for the Land its seat is located in. In other German-speaking countries such a distinction does not exist. But there may be legal requirements which oblige an association to register itself; for example, in Switzerland there is no association registry, but an association must be listed in the commercial register if its yearly turnover

2160-695: The entries made by the registrars over the years are issued on a daily basis either for genealogical research or for modern legal purposes such as supporting passport applications or ensuring eligibility for the appropriate junior sports leagues. On 1 December 2007 registrars and superintendent registrars became employees of their local authority for the first time following the enactment of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 . Births in England and Wales must be registered within 42 days, whilst deaths must be registered within five days unless an inquest

2220-626: The family or household is legally viewed as the fundamental unit of a nation), is nonetheless rare in English-speaking countries (for example, the closest equivalent in the United Kingdom is the electoral roll , which is organised by address, but it is limited in the amount of information recorded). Although the United States for example assigns most citizens and residents a Social Security number intended to be unique to

2280-510: The globe over the years. With the advent of enhanced and information and communication technology, civil registration has been moving from a paper-intensive, manual-based civil registration to more automated and digitalised systems. Some of the innovations implemented in civil registration include the use of e-birth notification systems, whereby the health officials are able to notify the national population registration system with new births. This system improves registration process by timely feeding

2340-440: The individual registration card was replaced with a digital list containing a person's information as collected by the gemeentelijke basisadministratie van persoonsgegevens (in 2015 replaced with the 'basisregistratie personen'), kept and maintained at the municipal level. Municipalities exchange information through a closed network at the end of each day to a nationwide database, which can be consulted by officials online. Though it

2400-535: The legal preliminaries to marriage, conducts civil marriage ceremonies and retains in his or her custody all completed birth, death and marriage registers for the district. The office of the superintendent registrar is the district register office , often referred to (informally) in the media as the "registry office". Today, both officers may also conduct statutory civil partnership preliminaries and ceremonies, citizenship ceremonies and other non-statutory ceremonies such as naming or renewal of vows. Certified copies of

2460-404: The like, in contrast to the German and Japanese family register systems. Establishment of a more comprehensive personal information repository (along the lines of the Japanese or former German systems) has been criticized by civil liberties advocates as subject to governmental or criminal abuse, while proponents cite the benefits of simplified access to vital information. In South Korea, use of

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2520-489: The longest and most comprehensive suites of civil records of any country. In the United Kingdom , civil registration was first introduced, in England and Wales, via the 1653 marriage act, which transferred the statutory duty of recording marriages, births and burials, established in 1538, from the established churches, to the civil authorities, with a justice of peace, rather than the parish priest required to maintain

2580-543: The management of any procedure that concerns Portuguese citizenship . Civil registries were introduced in 1806–1812 during the Russian occupation, and they followed the Tsarist model of keeping them with church records. By the "Communal Law" ( Legea comunală ) of 31 March 1864 subsequent record keeping became the responsibility of the mayor in each dwelling, who was allowed to delegate it to one of his helpers. An effort by

2640-440: The occurrence and characteristics of vital events pertaining to the population as provided through decree or regulation in accordance with the legal requirements of a country. Civil registration is carried out primarily for the purpose of establishing the legal documents required by law. These records are also a main source of vital statistics. Complete coverage, accuracy and timeliness of civil registration are essential to ensure

2700-666: The onus lay on registrars to discover and record events, so parents only had to supply information if and when asked. In 1875, the Births & Deaths Act 1874 came into force, whereby those present at a birth or death were required to report the event. Subsequent legislation introduced similar systems in Ireland (all of which was then part of the United Kingdom) on 1 April 1845 for Protestant marriages and on 1 January 1864 for all birth, marriage and death events. Civil registration

2760-589: The present and are kept at the departmental archives. The Civil Registration includes birth, marriage, divorce, and death records. In the Netherlands , maintaining the civil registry ("basisregistratie personen") is the duty of the municipalities. Before the French Rule , the Netherlands did not have a central registration of its population, which was introduced in some parts of the country in 1796 by

2820-459: The quality of vital statistics." Vital events that are typically recorded on the register include live birth , death , foetal death , name , change of name , marriage , divorce , annulment of marriage , judicial separation of marriage , adoption , legitimization and recognition. Among the legal documents that are derived from civil registration are birth certificates , death certificates , and marriage certificates . A family register

2880-519: The recipient and information regarding birth, death and work history (in the form of contributions to the Social Security system) is collected, the U.S. Social Security Administration has long been intentionally restricted in the scope of information collected and maintained regarding individuals where not directly related to Social Security benefits—as such, no information is centrally collected regarding marriage, citizenship status, parentage, or

2940-881: The register: 20457441380-38 Authority control databases [REDACTED] International VIAF National Germany United States Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bundesverband_der_Energie-_und_Wasserwirtschaft&oldid=1244494699 " Categories : Business organisations based in Germany Energy industry in Germany Water industry Hidden category: CS1 German-language sources (de) Registered association (Germany) An eingetragener Verein ( German: [ˈaɪnɡəˌtʁaːɡənɐ fɛʁˈʔaɪn] ; "registered association" or "incorporated association"), abbreviated e.V. ( German: [ˌeːˈfaʊ] ),

3000-447: The right of citizens to unite under a common purpose and strive for common goals together. The right of free assembly is also one that can be derived directly from laws regarding personal freedom. The Civil Code of Germany regulates registered non-profit, and for-profit associations regarded as juridical persons ( Vereine ) in sections 21–79 and any other associations by contract ( Gesellschaften ) in sections 705–740. The Verein

3060-733: The same basic features. The Gesetz zur Regelung des öffentlichen Vereinsrechts (VereinsG) ("Act regulating the public law of associations") and the associated regulations Verordnung zur Durchführung des Gesetzes zur Regelung des öffentlichen Vereinsrechts (Vereinsgesetz) ("Regulation implementing the Act regulating ...") contain specific provision on the rights and duties of Vereine in general. All natural and juridical persons in Germany, municipalities, counties, and other entities under public law, can form associations and be members of an association. This means that associations are not limited to private clubs formed by natural persons but have

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3120-585: The state to gather the ancient historical records happened around 1926–1932 but in some cases as late as 1948–1952; a good number of these early records were lost in this process, sometimes literally by the truckload. The current name for the official building where marriages, births and deaths are recorded is called Starea Civilă (Civil Status). Vital records (births, deaths and marriages) are called Acts of civil state or Acts of civil status (акты гражданского состояния – akty grazhdankogo sostoyaniya ) in Russia. These records are available only for relatives of

3180-634: The status of a charitable organization ( Gemeinnützigkeit ). The oldest known social club is La Court de Bonne Compagnie, established in London and mentioned in 1413. The club was set up by a group of devout Templars for the purpose of "charitable causes". To represent the professional interests of craft and merchant guilds , societies or clubs were formed in the Middle Ages and Early Modern period, through which community and various social functional spaces (such as guild houses and music guilds of

3240-545: The supply side, challenges often involve different, and often conflicting, legal frameworks various stakeholders (health institution, civil registry, statistics agency), and as a result, many countries with "burdensome procedures and non-standardized systems across a country, leading to confusion regarding what individuals need to do or present." Other challenges include accessibility of remote areas and also irregular migration caused by civil conflicts and porous borders. There have been new developments in civil registration across

3300-463: The system with information as soon as a birth occurs. Another innovation, such as that implemented by iCivil Africa in Burkina Faso , is the use of a mobile application to register newborns. A family register is a civil registry used in many countries to track information of a genealogical or family-centric legal interest. Other terms are household register and family album . The system

3360-474: The twentieth century this system was replaced by a card system that registered families. The move toward individual registration took place in 1939 with the introduction of the persoonskaart , a single card registering a single individual, kept in the municipality. Information gathered on this card included family name, first names, gender, position within the family, date and place of birth, marital status, address, and church affiliation, besides information on when

3420-417: The years, Namibia has transformed its civil registration processes, moving away from the manual system to an electronic system. In 2017, Namibia, which has at least 22 birth and registration offices based within the maternity wards of hospitals across the country, launched its e-birth notification system. This improvement is expected to "improve the quality of vital statistics produced in the country. The system

3480-592: Was a previous struggle that had come since the formation of the Civil Registry Association in 1895, a Masonic organization presented by its mentors as "a strong anti-clerical and antireligious stronghold". On December 22, 1945, the Directorate-General for Registries and Notary ( Portuguese : Direcção-Geral dos Registos e do Notariado ) was created in the Ministry of Justice , to oversee civil, property , commercial and motor vehicle registration services and notary services, reformed in 2007 into

3540-465: Was generally considered "un-Dutch," on 1 January 2005 mandatory identification (when asked by a mandated person) was reintroduced for everyone over 14; official identification is to be presented for all important transactions between citizens and government. The civil registry in Portugal is officially established by the "Civil Registry Code" of February 18, 1911 (a few months before the promulgation of

3600-434: Was introduced in Scotland on 1 January 1855. The administration of individual registration districts is the responsibility of registrars in the relevant local authority . There is also a national body for each jurisdiction . The local offices are generally responsible both for maintaining the original registers and for providing copies to the national body for central retention. A superintendent registrar facilitates

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