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A-Team Analysis: Future of IBEI in Question as Eight Countries Vote it Down; Could the BIC Be the Answer?

At 24 Oct 2007 12:58:27 in RDR-A-Team Analysis, RDR-Entity Identifiers, Reference Data Review Full content requires subscription

The results of the second ballot among national markets on ISO 16372 International Business Entity Identifier (IBEI) are in - and with eight countries voting against and six for (plus three abstentions and four no votes), the future’s not looking very bright for the standard. That said, as one industry observer puts it, “it’s not dead until a stake is driven through its heart!” The plan now is to discuss the vote and the extensive comments provided by the national markets at the ISO TC68 SC4 plenary meeting in South Africa in November, so the story continues.

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