1. a common language for European Land Registries
IMOLA
a common language for European Land Registries 1

2. IMOLA (Interoperability MOdel for LAnd Registers)
PROBLEM:
Increasing number of cross border transactions and cross border litigations
The need to for a standard means of accessing basic land registry information within the EU
The ”translation” issue (not only grammatical translation, but also translation of the legal concept)
SOLUTION:
IMOLA (Interoperability MOdel for LAnd Registers)
Project managed by ELRA
With support, in the form of a grant, from the European Commission (Civil Justice Programme) 2

3. IMOLA GUIDELINES
IMOLA project is a research about land registers information at European leveL IMOLA pursues a proof of concept of a ELRD or a multisystem European template IMOLA is in accordance with ELRA principles Mutual understanding Respect to legal diversity As association ELRA is aware of the diversity IMOLA main tasks carried out by ELRN Contact Points Questionnaires about national responses Seminars, discussions –and above all, conclusions- Reference Information development 3

4. IMOLA GOALS 4

5. CHALLENGES 5

6. FRAMEWORK FOR ELRA TEMPLATE
Judiciary Cooperation ELRD may be a tool for requirements of LR information in the scope of Regulations (UE) on Successions, Recognition of judiciary resolutions and Insolvency; also for framework decisions in criminal matters Cross border conveyancing Exchange of information for contracts of sales and mortgages Interconnection of Land Registers A scheme for the information from a legal point of view 6

7. ELRD STRUCTURE SECTION ”A” – L.R. UNIT:
all properties or entities having an individual identification in national land registry system:
Property
Apartment/flat
Cadastral parcel/plot
Property rights
In deed systems connecting factor may not be the property, due to the totally different way to organize the information. In these cases the L.R. UNIT should be consider the owner of the property right
Choice of L.R. UNIT will be decide by national land registry, according to local criteria
Minimum denominator should be:
LR UNIT INDENTIFIER
LR UNIT LOCATION
Different levels of description 7

8. ELRD STRUCTURE SECTION ”A” – L.R. UNIT :
DIFERENT LEVELS OF DESCRIPTION:
BASIC LEVEL:
LR UNIT IDENTIFIER:
LRID (LAND REGISTRY IDENTIFIER)
CID (CADASTRAL IDENTIFIER)
KEY REG ID (KEY REGISTER IDENTIFIER)
EUID (EUROPEAN IDENTIFIER)
LR UNIT LOCATION
ISA CORE VOCABULARY (CORE LOCATION, CORE ADDRESS) 8

9. ELRD STRUCTURE SECTION ”A” – L.R. UNIT :
DIFERENT LEVELS OF DESCRIPTION:
SUPPLEMENTARY LEVEL:
Land use
Nature
Size
Boundaries
Price/taxation
Public limitations
Urban planning
Environmental
Monuments
Public housing
European Union agricultural policy
other 9

10. ELRD STRUCTURE SECTION ”A” – L.R. UNIT :
DIFERENT LEVELS OF DESCRIPTION:
EXTENDED LEVEL:
National LR excerpt
Copy of LR file
Copy of cadastral file
Cadastral maps
Key register information
Possibility to attach different formats 10

11. SECTION ”B” – PROPRIETORSHIP :
ELRD STRUCTURE
SECTION ”B” – PROPRIETORSHIP :
TWO OPTIONS:
ONLY INFORMATION DATA OF THE OWNER
Identification of the owners
MORE COMPLETE INFORMATION – OWNERSHIP WITH ATTRIBUTES
Main right or class of rights (ownership, possesion, freehold, leashold etc)
Type of ownership (individual, community with shares, community without shares, time sharing, etc)
Entitlement:
Contract or act of aquisition (sale, swap, inheritance etc)
Deed identification
Restrictions on the ownership stemming from the owner (incapacity, insolvency, due to a trust etc) 11

12. SECTION ”B” – PROPRIETORSHIP :
ELRD STRUCTURE
SECTION ”B” – PROPRIETORSHIP :
THE TRAP OF SIMPLICITY:
FAST INFORMATION
EASY TO UNDERSTAND
BUT
INCOMPLETE
INACCURATE
MISLEADING
COSTLY BY CONSEQUENCES
OWNERSHIP WITH ATTRIBUTES MAKES SAFE TRANSACTIONS
OWNERSHIP WITHOUT ATTRIBUTES ARE POTTENTIALY DANGEREOUS FOR LEGALTRAFFIC DUE TO THE LACK OF INFORMATION
ABOUT RELEVANT LEGAL ASPECTS 12

13. SECTION ”C” – ENCUMBRANCES:
ELRD STRUCTURE
SECTION ”C” – ENCUMBRANCES:
Huge legal diversity in encumbrances, raising crucial questions for the ELRN contact points
Rank of encumbrances
Organization of encumbrances
Extent of the mortgages or encumbrances
CONCLUSIONS:
Date of registration - main criterion for the rank of encumbrances
Labels for categorising the encumbrances:
Mortgages
Property rights
Judicial restrictions
Other restrictions 13

14. IMOLA TECHNICAL SCOPE
Define a semantic model for standardized land registry output
Develop a template for ELRD using XML standards (XML scheme and XSL)
Unify acces to national LR, disclosure through e-justice portal
National LR systems are respected
Compatible with e-codex platform and aligned with ISA standards
Explanatory material linked to the template, including thesaurus to improve understanding and compare legal systems 14

15. Member of ELRA board of directors
Thank you!
Mihai Taus
Member of ELRA board of directors
Malta, 5th of May 2017 15