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yet, although they are legally stipulated.
These are the collection of €20 fee per property
right in the 322 areas that were surveyed in the
first 3 stages of the cadastral survey (1995-1999),
as well as the collection of 1‰ of the objective
value of the properties included in the next stages
of the development of the Cadastre in the areas
where the project has already been completed.
Corina Cretu, European Commissioner for
Regional Policy, expressed the support of the
European Commission to the efforts for develop-
ing and completing the National Cadastre.
“The Commission supports the development and
completion of the national land register project. It
is included in the priority projects list jointly estab-
lished with the Commission and the Greek
authorities have agreed to complete the project
by 2020. In the context of the 2014-2020 period,
a national land register major project is scheduled
to be implemented under the ‘Competitiveness,
Entrepreneurship and Innovation’ programme,
adopted by Commission decision on December
18 2014. The development of infrastructure and
digital services for real estate property registra-
tion and management forms part of the invest-
ment priorities of this programme.”
The Greek side has asked for €220 million that
will enable the relaunching of the project, since,
after the first stages of the cadastral survey, only
35% of the country has been covered.
The history of the project
The history of the National Cadastre begins in
1996. The then Minister of Environment, Town
Planning and Public Works, Costas Laliotis,
announced the launching of the national land reg-
ister, pointing out that it was the largest of the
large projects — and it actually is. As a matter of
fact, Greece and Albania were the only European
countries that did not have a national land regis-
ter, which, among others, is one of the necessary
tools for attracting investments. Almost 20 years
later Greece is the only European country that still
does not have a land registry, since Albania com-
pleted its own in just three years.
The project was launched in 1996 and up to this
date has covered almost 28% of the country,
while, based on current data, it is evident that it
will not be completed by 2020.
The other European countries not only have land
registries, but are also members of EULIS
(European Land Information Service), the website
that provides access to land registers throughout
Europe.
This online service provides access to land and
property information for professional customers in
Europe, and is also a hub of information about dif-
ferent land registration conditions in each country.
Up to now, Austria, the Netherlands, Lithuania,
Ireland, Spain and Sweden are fully connected to
the EULIS network, and electronically transmit
property information.
Partly connected countries include England and
Wales, Scotland, Finland, FYROM, Slovakia,
Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia,
Iceland, Latvia, Norway, and Slovenia.
Today, national land registers transmit land and
property data to the EULIS network. Another ten
EU member states are at various stages in regard
to their connection to the EULIS service.
The EULIS service offers easy online access to
official land and property information from all par-
ticipating countries. Land registry organisations act
as suppliers and distributors of land information.
