ELRN Workshop

The third seminar of the year took place in Brussels, on the 25th of November 2021 and brought together Contact Points from 9 European countries in person. It was followed online by the CPs of other 12 European countries who could not attend.

The ELRN is closely following the implementation of European Instruments and particularly, the Succession Regulation (EU) No 650/2012. For this purpose, we count with the honourable participation of Maria-Vilar Badia, DG Justice of the European Commission, who explained in detail the European Certificate of Succession (ECS). It was followed by a Study Case C-301/20, about the validity of a certified copy not having an expiration date by Marta Rekawek, Chief Specialist and Judge in the European Law department in Poland. Afterward, we had a round table on the topic, moderated by David Fridh, CP from Sweden and ELRA Board member.

Recalling ELRA participation in EU Adapt project, Luisa Clode, ELRA Secretary General, presented the state of play of the project as well as the results of the contributions of the CPs to the same through a questionnaire.

The EU land registrar status was presented by Mihai Taus, CP from Romania.

Another topic of interest during the seminar was the Digital Transformation and the digitalization of paper documents. Agostina Lodde, CP from Agenzia delle Entrate, Italy, presented the results of the questionnaire on the topic and it was followed by a round table moderated by Kadri Laud, CP from Estonia and ELRA Board Member

After the break, ELRA President, Fernando de la Puente, introduced a new ELRN study: free movement of public documents in the EU regulations. We had the pleasure to count with the participation of the new Secretary General of the European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters (EJN), Maria Vautravers, who presented an overview of the Regulation (EU) 2016/1191 on the topic.

Besides, Jacques Vos, CP from the Netherlands presented a study on EU property taxes.

The seminar finished with a presentation of the role of Land Registrars in facing natural disasters, the case of La Palma, Spain, by Francisco Gimeno, CP from Spain.

To end with, some internal topics were discussed, and upcoming events were announced by ELRA President.

Presentations:

• The European Certificate Succession by Maria Vilar-Badia, DG Justice, EC
• Study Case: C-301/20: validity of a certified copy not having an expiration date by Marta Rekawek, Chief Specialist – Judge, European Law Department, Poland
• EU ADAPT Project: state of play and the ELRA contribution by Luisa Clode
• The EU Land Registrar status by Mihai Taus, CP from Romania
• Digital transformation: Digitalization of paper documents by Agostina Lodde, CP from Agenzie delle Entrate, Italy
• Free movement of public documents in the EU Regulations by ELRA President
• Overview Regulation (EU) 2016/1191 by Marie Vautravers, EJN Secretary General
• Study on EU Property Taxes: state of play by Jacques Vos, CP from The Netherlands
• The LR in face of natural disasters: the case of La Palma by Francisco Gimeno, CP from Spain