Online portals support European Interconnection of Land Registers (ID 258)
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Recent developments in the e-Justice domain are striving to open up and connect important key registers across Europe. In a modern society, a comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date registration system is vital not only to protect the ownership of property, but also to have a reliable source of information for tax collection, privatization of state property, legalization of buildings, city planning, valuation, environmental protection, etc. The creation of a true single market and the free movement of capital is a great challenge to a united Europe. Cross border information on real estate that is easily accessible and online is a crucial prerequisite to success. EULIS was created to fulfil this purpose. The European Land Information Service (EULIS) initiative to construct and maintain a portal for cross border exchange of property and land information has come a long way since the initial project to demonstrate its feasibility. The land information is obtained from the official Land Registries in the European countries. Since the beginning of the EULIS initiative, the EU-Commission was a very important supporter of the basic concept of connecting national land registers to one European platform. In 2008 the Commission decided to establish the e-Justice portal. In 2012 the Commission developed strong interest to integrate the EULIS portal in the e-Justice portal, thus giving direct access to the land registers of the member states via its own portal. In December 2015 the EU Commission started the Land Registers Interconnection (LRI) project that will eventually deliver a completely renovated and extended interconnection portal. In February 2016 the basic design and global requirements were presented to a special expert group. Two countries will be involved in the pilot phase of the project. Functionality will be evaluated and fitness for purpose is a key criteria.
Event: Land Governance in an Interconnected World_Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty_2018
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