General Directorate for the Cadastre
Ministry of Finances. Spain
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“Ensenad@ Project”:
Modernizing the
Spanish Cadastre
Ignacio Durán
Deputy Director
ignacio.duran@catastro.minhac.es
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504.501 km2.
44.000.000 rural parcels
12.000.000 urban parcels
28.000.000 cadastal urban units
-52 territorial
branches
-2885 civil servants
-budget 2003:
107.000.000 euros
-24.957 parcels/urban
units per civil servant
-0,67 euros per
parcel/urban unit
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Cadastral description of Real estate properties
Cadastral characteristics
Legal
-Owner
-Owner rigth of
building
-Usufructuary
-Concessionaire
-Cadastral code
Physical
-Location
-Area
-Crop
-Use
-Quality
-Type
Economic
-Cadastral value
-Land value
-Building value
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Update:
Year 2002 results
-1.838.146 changes in titleholders
-1.020.682 new cadastral urban
units
-24.690 new rural parcels
-48.294 changes in crops
-873.332 certificates issued
Services
-2.128.944 personal visits to our
offices
-387.000 phone queries
-32.000 downloads of data from
our website
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Registration is compulsory
Who?
-Owners
-Civil servants
-Notaries
-Land Registrars
-Matters
-Companies
How?
-Data
declarations
-Reports
-Background
with cadastral
consequences
Non-fulfilment?
Tax offence
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Public Registry
General Principle:
Everyone can access cadastral data
Exception: Protected data:
First name, last name(s), institution or
company name, Fiscal Identity Code,
address and cadastral value.
Special rules
Public Offices, Constitutional and
Parliamentary institutions the Judiciary
and special Laws.
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MULTI-PURPOSE
Tax uses:
National, Regional and Local Taxes (Real estate tax income in
2002: 4.700.000.000 €)
Equitable assignment of public expenditure:
.Control and management of aid and public subsidies, housing,
CAP, social services, etc.
.Environmental and agricultural policy
.Infrastructure and housing policy
.Urban planning
.Civil protection,
Legal security:
Registry-Cadastre relationship
Effective legal guidance:
Evidence in court procedures
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What can we do to improve?
The “Ensenad@ project” is an initiative of the Spanish
General Directorate for Cadastre to facilitate access to
cadastral information and services via Internet.
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Three phases:
1999-2002
2003-2004
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Financing:
Shared between
Spain and the
European Union
Different levels of
access:
- Open access, free
of charge, to
unprotected data
2005-2006
Addressed to:
Citizens and
companies,
Local
Authorities,
Public
Administration,
Autonomous
Communities,
Property
Registers, Justice
Administration ...
- Free access by the
title holder to his/her
data
- Free access for
public
administrations in
the context of their
activity
- Restricted access
for the supply of new
data to the Cadastre
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Development and implementation of webbased cadastral services as the preferred
channel for performance of the
organisation’s functions, driving:
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Connectivity: creating data exchange
mechanisms to enable electronic data
input and transfer
Accessibility: electronic consultation of
cadastral data by interested parties
Value-added Services: the completeness
and uniqueness of the data will allow us
to provide advanced services
Personalisation: each citizen or
administration acts according to their
role
Phased implementation: depending on the
technical complexity of the service, the
volume and quality of available
information, starting with collaborating
public institutions and pilot tests
Security: guaranteeing the trust of users
through electronic certification systems
(AC)
Easy access and use (via navigators) by
consumers, who can choose the media
as preferred, not exclusive.
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Cadastral Web Page: 1999 – 2002
Objective: divulgation of the cadastral organization
Containing general information on cadastral products
and services, regulations, statistics, interadministrative collaboration, etc.
Basic Services:
•
Computer programmes for Notaries and
Registrars
•
Forms
•
Digital cadastral newsletter
•
Contact service via e-mail
•
PADECA
Virtual Cadastral Office: 2003 – 2004
Objective: to offer electronic services to citizens and
public institutions by means of accessibility and
connectivity
Personalised services:
•
Consultation and certification of alpha-numeric
cadastral data for individuals (G2C),
Administrations and Institutions (G2G)
•
Exchange centre for cadastral data files (G2G)
•
Visualisation of cadastral mapsç and application
for descriptive and graphic certificates (G2C)
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Advanced electronic services:
2005 - 2006
Objective:
• to offer value-added services by
incorporating advanced electronic
signature mechanisms
Advanced services (G2C) :
• Sale of cadastral products
• Electronic payment of cadastral taxes
• Modification of personal data
• Electronic processing of applications and
documents
• Case monitoring
• Appointment book
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Ministry of Finance. Spain
Other Initiatives:
-Application of the new Law of
Real Estate Cadastre:
-Increased facility for the
maintenance of cadastral data. A
compensating data centre of
land information
-New cadastral treatment of
special real estate (nuclear
plants, reservoirs, motorways,
major ports, etc.)
-Greater precision in the
treatment of rustic parcels, with
a new cadastral reference.
-Increased involvement in a common
cadastral system for the European
Union:
-Active participation in the Permanent
Committee on Cadastre in the
Europoean Union
-www. eurocadastre.org
More information: www.catastro.minhac.es