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Developments in EULIS

PCC conference

June 21th 2013, Dublin

Rik WoutersManaging Director EULIS EEIG

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Programme

• What is EULIS?

• New features EULIS

• Strategy 2013-2016

• Major theme’s

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What is EULIS?

• European Economic Interest Group: NGO not-for-profit

• Development portal started 2002

• EULIS’ ambition is to be the first call for European land and property information

• The long term vision is to help create an environment:– To facilitate cross border lending– To facilitate transfer of title cross border

by providing legal and related information

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Who can use EULIS?Professional customers:

• Banks, lenders,

• Solicitors, legal professionals

• Estate agents

• Credit agencies, Auditors

• Enforcement agencies, police & investigative authorities

• Government departments

And last but not least:

• Individual citizens

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What is EULIS?...service EULIS offers direct, easy, online access into member land registers and cadastral organisation across Europe

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Reference Info/Glossary

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Strategy 2013-2016

Policy choices:• More connections per country to official

registers (LR, Cadastre, Municipality)• Information paid but also free of charge• One way of information supply• Wider range of information (spatial, non-legal)• Not the same type information in each country• Integration of EULIS portal with e-Justice

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Major theme’s

• More members <-> more users

• Standardization and extension of info

• Integration with e-Justice portal

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More Members

• 10 paying members– 6 connected countries– 3 will (re)connect (Finland/UK/Scotland) – Macedonia new member since March 2013!!

• 4 pending members– Norway/Iceland/Azerbaijan/Georgia

• 8-10 have interest– Balkan countries, Russia, Cyprus, Italy, Hungary, Belgium

• Other countries: place URL on EULIS-website

Crucial to have more members….But there are obstacleas

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Connect Balkan countries

• Name: BALCON

• Connect 6 Balkan countries to EULIS

• Sponsor: Sida

• Start project expected December 2013

• 4 years project

• Budget 800.000 euro (first year)

• End June: response of the beneficiaries

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More users

• Stakeholder analysis Users

indirect (EMF, ELRA, EU)

direct (notaries, banks, citizens)

• Value creation– Data and information have potentially high value– What type of products and services are appreciated

• Market research and strategy

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Marketing is essential

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Marketing is essential

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Electric car analogy

• A good concept is not enough

Dodge Zeos

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Electric car analogy

• A good concept is not enough

Dodge Zeos

- Expensive - Millage - Grid of service

points

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Why is marketing not enough?

Basic conditions should be met:– Portal needs many countries connected

– Product needs to meet client requirements

Situation– Now 6 connected countries

– Information is focused on legal aspect

What is needed– More countries connected

– Wider range of products? Other types? market research!!

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Standardization of info

• IMOLA and LARESDA project proposals

• Application for EU grants

• Standardize Information for interoperability

• European Land Registry certificate

• Cooperation between EULIS, ELRA en Eurogeographics and number of LR’s/NMCA

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Extend service: standard property document

Base Registries

Land Registry

Cadastre

Other propertyRelated registries

EULIS-portal

Other Property and

related information

StandardDocument

withconsolidated

property information

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Which information could be valuable?

Preparation:

Assessment of the legal situation of the property:

owner, encumbrances, easements, prior rights

Assessment of the legal situation of connected properties:

rights equivalent to property: leasehold, erfpacht, Erbbaurecht, superficie, emphyteeusis etc.

encumbrances on the property, rights of way etc.

legal situation of the owners:

links to marital registers, inheritance information?

Economical situation of the lender:

other properties?

What would German banks expect from EULIS?

Andreas Lockow

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Conduct of the loan transaction:

sale effective? (electronic note to the bank?)

mortgage registered? agreed ranking, amount etc.? (electronic note to the bank?)

Valuation:

community registers, Baulastenverzeichnis and other additional registers

zoning (What can be build on the site?), public law information

cadaster

What would German banks expect from EULIS?

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Valuation continued:

values of comparable properties, transactions etc.

maps

photographs

For German banks, EULIS can not replace in situ inspection, but can reduce the costs and make inspections more efficient.

EULIS can be used for the information for periodic re-assessments.

Should the format of EULIS information be standardized for all countries?

Standardized information is only useful, if the content of information is really the same. otherwise, it can be misleading.

Land registers in Europe give legal information with different effects and content:

Examples:

What would German banks expect from EULIS?

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2. What would German banks expect from EULIS?Structure of land registers

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What would German banks expect from EULIS?Transfer of property: "registration vs recordation"

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Integration EULIS and e-Justice

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EULIS Integration with e-Justice

1. Integration EULIS1. Technical

2. Functional integration 1. website

2. glossary/ref information

3. portal software

2. Organisational integration: role of EULIS EEIG

3. Feasibility study EU September 2013

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EULIS portal (present)

portal

web-site

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EULIS Integration (org.)

EU-Commission EULIS-EEIGWhat relation?

EU-countries via Working Party

Wishes

Non EU-countries

Wishes

Users and user groups

ConnectedRI

Members

Instructions

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Conclusions

• EULIS concept is strong

• Focus on – Strengthen the contact with user-community– Extend and where possible standardize information– Promotion to the land registers and cadastre

• Create a win-win by integration with e-Justice

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Thank you for your attention!

warmly invited to discuss your membership

INFO: rik.wouters@kadaster.nl