Federation of Belgium Chamber of Commerce and Industry
In 2006, Belgian Chambers made a first step towards dematerialization of certificates of origin. Customers could apply online for a certificate of origin, but the certificate itself still needed to be physically transferred to the company.
Federation of Belgium Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Digichambers
After a two year study and test period, Belgium is now, beginning of 2009, proud to be the 3rd European country to have launched a 100% online application for issuing Certificates of Origin, enabling companies to print in their own premises the certificate bearing the official stamp and signature of the Chamber that validated the request.
This application called DigiChambers (www.digichambers.be), has proven itself to be cost and time efficient. By reducing considerably the number of trips to the Chambers and its electronic archiving possibilities, DigiChambers also contributes to the environment. A company can save 50% of the normal cost by using the electronic application, and even more if it fully links DigiChambers to its own ERP system.
The security issue was tackled with utmost care: an SSL certificate for securing data communication via the Internet and class 3 digital certificates for securing access to the platform.
DigiChambers has received the approval from the Belgian Ministry of Economic Affairs, the government administration responsible for certificates of origin in Belgium.
Website:www.digichambers.be
Contact: Christophe Coulie / Wouter Van Gulck
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