The European Land Information Service (EULIS) provides direct access to official

land register Land registration is any of various systems by which matters concerning ownership, possession, or other rights in land are formally recorded (usually with a government agency or department) to provide evidence of title, facilitate transactions, a ...

s in Europe. EULIS is owned by a consortium of member countries with expertise in the area of land registration, most of which are

government organisations State ownership, also called government ownership and public ownership, is the ownership of an industry, asset, or enterprise by the state or a public body representing a community, as opposed to an individual or private party. Public ownersh ...

. EULIS was an initiative led by the official bodies for land registration in European countries.

History

Between 2001 and 2004, eight different European land information organisations and one university cooperated in developing a demonstrator e-platform for subscribed users of land registries with support and additional funding from the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body o ...

. In addition the team worked hard to produce online reference information from each participating country. In 2004-2007, the long-term aim was to help encourage cross-border lending on the Integration of EU Mortgage Credit Markets. The three-year programme developed the demonstrator into a live service that was officially launched as a live service on 22 November 2006. From 2007 to 2017, the EULIS portal was in the air. In May 2017 it was decided by the members to close the portal. Main reason for the closure was the fact that EU-Commission was building a replacing portal under the Land Registers Interconnection Programme. In 2018 the EULIS organization was abolished.

European supporters

EULIS is a concept supported by various organisations in the European community. EULIS enjoys active discussion and cooperation with many of these organisations including the

, European Mortgage Federation,

European Land Registry Association The European Land Registry Association (ELRA) is an international non-profit association whose mission and primary purpose is “the development and understanding of the role of land registration in real property and capital markets”. ELRA was bor ...

, Eurogeographics, and the

European Business Register Network The European Business Register Network (EBR Network) is a network of trade registers kept by the registration authorities of several European countries, managed by the European Business Registry Association. The EBR was developed as a part of the ...

EULIS tools

The EULIS glossary and reference information assist better understanding of the local environment, not only literally but also the meaning of terminology.

References

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