Create Company Branch | Use Case

Today, however, the process remains complicated and time-consuming: national procedures, documentation requirements, and regulatory checks vary widely, increasing costs, slowing expansion, and creating uncertainty for companies trying to operate across borders.

EU Business Wallets (EBW), supported by the EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDIW), have the potential to improve existing processes.

While some current challenges, such as differing procedures, documentation requirements, and verification checks, will remain, the key improvement lies in increased speed and reliability. By streamlining how information is shared and verified, EBW can make administrative processes more efficient and user-friendly. This, in turn, can facilitate cross-border business activities, enabling companies to expand their offerings across the EU Single Market while supporting healthy competition and the development of high-quality services.

For example

A company wants to open a branch in another EU country. The company’s authorised representative initiates the registration through the EU Business Wallet, submitting all required corporate information and proof of identity. The target country’s business registry automatically verifies the documents, confirms the company’s legitimacy, and processes the branch registration. Once approved, the company can also register for taxes and obtain a VAT certificate using the same digital workflow. This digital, automated process makes cross-border branch creation faster, reduces bureaucracy, and ensures a seamless, secure, and transparent experience for businesses expanding across the EU Single Market.

What we’re aiming for:

Demonstrating digital and automated process that facilitates interoperable corporate registration

Creating a workflow of process of opening a branch in other member states seamless and efficient

Reducing the bureaucracy with use of elegant user experience design to leverage the growing EUDI and EBW ecosystems

Enabling cross-border business expansion to offer more products and services across the Single Market

Strengthening competition and supporting the development of high-quality, world-class offerings

Use Cases

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Foreign Tax Declaration

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Issuing Micro-Credentials and Verified Skills

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Business Access to Once-Only Technical System (OOTS)

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Authentication & Access for Transport

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Trusted Data Sharing for Data Spaces

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eInvoicing

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Consumer Banking

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