Requirements for an USP registration

In order to register an organisation in the USP, both the organisation and the person, who is going to act in behalf of it, have to be enrolled in the Austrian registers (Central Registers).

Caution

The natural person has to be enrolled in the central registers always before the juridical person (see below).

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Register a natural person

Central registers for natural persons are

  • Austrian Central Register of Residents (ZMR)
  • Supplementary Register for Natural Persons (ERnP)

Natural persons, who are not enrolled in the Austrian Central Register of Residents, can register with the ERnP in order to obtain an unique identifier which is required for an electronic identity.

Please note

If you have Austrian citizienship and/or your primary residence is in Austria, you are enrolled in the Austrian Central Register of Residents in most cases, therefore a registration with the ERnP is not required. Also, if you use the USP with an electronic identity of an EU member state, you do not have to take any action.

  • Form for registering with the Supplementary Register For Natural Persons (ERnP)- only available in German
    Open Form

  • Instructions for filling out the form in English
    Open instructions

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Register an organisation

Central Registers for jurical persons are

  • Company Register [Firmenbuch]
  • Central Association Register (ZVR)
  • Supplementary Register For Other Data Subjects (ERsB)

Juridical persons, especially Non-Austrian organisations, can register with the ERsB, if they are not enrolled in the Company Register [Firmenbuch] or Central Association Register (ZVR) and require an unique identfier in order to use Austrian eletronic government services, such as the USP.

Please note

Austrian sole proprietors with a registered trade do not require an entry in the Supplementary Register (ERsB), as this is done automatically during trade registration.

  • Form for registering with the Supplementary Register For Other Data Subjects (ERsB)
    in German - if you have an EU-conform electronic identity
    Open form

  • Form for registering with the Supplementary Register For Other Data Subjects (ERsB)
    in German and if you do not have an EU-conform electronic identity
    Open Form

  • Instructions for the ERsB form in English
    (valid for both form variants)
    Open instructions

Last update: 5 December 2023

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