Developments in EULIS
PCC conference
June 21th 2013, Dublin
Rik Wouters
Managing Director EULIS EEIG
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Programme
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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
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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
- Expensive
- Millage
- Grid Zeos
of service
Dodge
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
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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
Cadastre
Land Registry
EULISportal
Standard
Document
with
consolidated
property
information
Other
Property and
related
information
Base Registries
Other property
Related registries
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What would German banks expect from EULIS?
Which information could be valuable?
Preparation:
Assessment of the legal situation of the property:
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owner, encumbrances, easements, prior rights
Assessment of the legal situation of connected properties:
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rights equivalent to property: leasehold, erfpacht, Erbbaurecht, superficie,
emphyteeusis etc.
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encumbrances on the property, rights of way etc.
legal situation of the owners:
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links to marital registers, inheritance information?
Andreas Lockow
Economical situation of the lender:
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other properties?
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What would German banks expect from EULIS?
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
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What would German banks expect from EULIS?
Valuation continued:
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values of comparable properties, transactions etc.
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maps
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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:
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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 EULIS
1. 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)
web-site
portal
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EULIS Integration (org.)
EU-countries via
Working Party
Wishes
Non EU-countries
RI
Instructions
EU-Commission
What relation?
Connected
EULIS-EEIG
Members
Wishes
Users and
user groups
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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
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