Methodology and editorial policy
Every figure in the Atlas comes from a source someone opened and read: a regulator page, an official register, a legislation portal or EUR-Lex. Each fact records that source and the date. Numbers and change-of-control rules are checked twice, pages are reviewed by licensing specialists, and data older than 120 days is queued for re-checking.
Sources
Primary sources come first: statutes and regulations from official legislation portals and EUR-Lex, regulator guidance, fee schedules and forms, and official public registers. Secondary sources (law firms, the Big Four, the financial press) are used only where no primary source states a fact, and are labelled as secondary in the source list. The Atlas never uses a URL nobody has opened: every source link is re-checked automatically before publication.
Verification
Research is drafted from the sources, then verified independently. Every number: capital, fees, timelines, licensee counts: and every statement about change of control is checked against its source by a second reviewer. Summaries of laws are checked against the full text of the law. A page is indexed only when it passes an automated quality gate: required facts present, every source reachable, no placeholders.
Editorial team
- Danil Marmysh: Founder & CEO, Protegra; author and editor of the Licensing Atlas (LinkedIn)
- Anastasia Sidorenkova: Head of Licensing, Protegra; reviewer: checks licensing facts, requirements and change-of-control rules
Update cadence
Regulator news pages and registers are monitored weekly; licensee counts are refreshed monthly; the full text of every law is re-checked monthly and a changed file triggers a new summary. A page whose newest primary fact is older than 120 days is flagged for re-verification and taken out of search indexing at 180 days until it is re-checked.
Report an error
If a figure is wrong or out of date, tell us through the form below or at office@protegra.io, with the page and, if you have it, the source. We aim to answer within five working days and record every correction in the changelog.
Not legal advice
The Atlas is reference information. Laws and regulator practice change, and how a rule applies depends on the facts of a business. Before acting, confirm with the regulator or a qualified adviser: or ask us for a free preliminary assessment.
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