The TBR was created according to the Decree No. 94-780 of April 4, 1994 which consists that the INS is charged of the initialization of the Business Register, the updating, the management and the dissemination of statistics. The main partners of the INS in the management of the Business Register are the Finance Ministry (DGI) and the Social Security Fund (CNSS). Indeed the Business Register is based on the collection of enterprises’ information that can be held by different administrations as part of their own activities. Note that the individual level of the SBR is subject to the confidentiality provisions outlined in Article 5 of the Law on the National System of Statistics.