European Land Registry Association
Budget
€273,657
EP Access
1
accredited persons
Staff
9
4.55 FTE
EU Grants
€712,270
Mission & Goals
The European Land Registry Association (Aisbl) represents 31 official land registry organisations from 27 European countries. The Association’s primary purpose is to support the development and understanding of the role of land registration in real property and capital markets in Europe and promotes a mutual understanding of land registers, to help create an open and secure Europe, serving and protecting citizens. Land Registries are a fundamental pillar of legal certainty and ELRA is committed to ensuring the incorporation of this principal into Community Law. Land registration systems operate throughout the world as the legal basis for recording with certainty ownership and other legal rights in and over land. Such systems provide the machinery for confident property transfer, the operation of secure mortgage markets and protection for the citizen.
EU Legislative Interests
Cross border family law and matrimonial property rights Succession Regulation Brussels I Regulation Brussels II bis Free mouvement of public documents Cross border protection vulnerable adults Insolvency Regulation e-Justice Action Plan 2019-2023 Enviromental protection measures Land Registry Interconection (LRI) Digital strategy; Digitalisation of Justice Artificial Intelligence & Cibersecurity Smart contracts Fundamental Rights and the Environment Mesures to fight against money laundering and terrorist financing (AML) Mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscations orders Use of AI and digital tools in line with EU rights and data protection. Best practices on videoconferencing and digital justice tools
Communication Activities
European Land Registrar's statutes Land Regsitry priniciples Statment on Ukraine conflict Statement on Digitalisation of Justice Stament on Land Registry Interconnection (LRI) Statement on Regulation (EU) 2016/1103 implementing cooperation and the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matters of matrimonial property regimes Statment on Regulation on the law applicable to the third-party effects of assignments of claims Statement on the prevention and fight against money laundering phenomenon: the role of land registries & Assessment of the article 16 of the proposal for a Directive revising (EU) 2015/849 Study on the obstacules to achieve the implementation of the EU legislation in the Land Registries Judicial restrictions are regarded as encumbrances of the properties insofar as they involve constraints on them Common experiences within the EU land registries Reference information from the Land Registries: ELRN Fact Sheets IMOLA project in relation with LR Interconnection project (LRI): the European Land Registry Document (ELRD) IMOLA II; III and IV ECS: National requirements for registration
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
(1) ELRA is institutional observer member of the European Law Institute. ELI is an independent non-profit organisation established to initiate, conduct and facilitate research, make recommendations and provide practical guidance in the field of European legal development. Building on the wealth of diverse legal traditions, its mission is the quest for better law-making in Europe and the enhancement of European legal integration. By its endeavours, ELI seeks to contribute to the formation of a more vigorous European legal community, integrating the achievements of the various legal cultures, endorsing the value of comparative knowledge and taking a genuinely pan-European perspective. As such its work covers all branches of the law: substantive and procedural; private and public (2) Participation in conferences organized by the EU associations to spread the value of the Land Registry role and information as the Permanent Committe on Cadastre (PCC), EuroGeographics, WPLA United nations and others. (3) Collaboration with the European Business Registry Association (EBRA), especially regarding Anti Money Laundering matters and use of digital tools (4) Collaboration with international registry associations such as IPRA-CINDER and IBEROREG, with the aim of sharing the experience acquired as interlocutor of European registries and best practices developed within the ELRN. This contribution provides strategic guidance on how strengthening property rights can help lay the foundations for inclusive and sustainable economic development, greater legal certainty and institutional trust, with the goal of improving citizens' living conditions. (5) In 2022 ELRA has signed a collaboration agreement with IBEROREG (Ibero-American Registry Network) created with the intention of promoting understanding between registry organizations and between these and the public administrations of the countries that make up the Ibero-American Community of Nations.
Organisation Members
FULL MEMBERS 1. Austria: Ministry of Justice 2. Belgium: Patrimonial Documentation of Belgium 3. Bulgaria: Bulgarian Registry Agency 4. Croatia: Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Croatia 5. Cyprus: Department of Lands and Surveys of Cyprus 6. Estonia: Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs 7. Finland: National Land Survey of Finland 8. France: Ministère de Finances 9. Greece, Hellenic Cadaster 10. Hungary, General Department of Land Register and Cartograhpy 11. Ireland: Land Registry of Ireland 12. Italy: Agenzia delle Entrate 13. Italy: Servizio Libro Fondiario Provincia de Trento 14. Latvia: Department of Land Booj Ministry of Justice of Latvia 15. Lithuania: State Enterprise Centre of Registers 16. Luxembourg : Administration de l’Enregistrement et des Domaines 17. Malta: Land Registry of Malta 18. Netherlands: Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency 19. Poland: Polish Association of Registrars 20. Portugal: Instituto dos Registos de Portugal 21. Portugal: Associaçao Sindical dos Conservadores dos Registos 22. Romania: The Romanian Land Registry Association 23. Romania: National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration 24. Slovak Republic: Geodosy, Cartography and Cadastre Authority of the Slovak Republic 25. Spain: Colegio de Registradores de España 26. Sweden: Lantmäteriet OBSERVER MEMBERS 27. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Prosecutor’s Office of BIH 28. Estonia: Centre of Registers and Infosystems 29. Slovenia: Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia 30. Turkey: Directorate General of Land Registry and Cadastre 31. Ukraine, State Service for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre PARTNERS 1. Centro de Estudos Notariais e Registrais da Universidade de Coimbra: CeNOR 2. Università di Trento – Facoltà di Giurisprudenza
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.