June 22, 2021 / ELRA Secretariat
The second seminar of the European Network of Land Registrars was held the 17th of June and brought together Contact Points from 19 European countries. The ELRN met in fulfilment of the annual work plan which is part of the EU priorities on judicial cooperation in civil matters.
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 opened the seminar by introducing the main tasks and goals of the network.
In the framework of the ELRN’s ongoing study on the role of registers in the fight against money laundering, Maria José Magalhaes presented the contributions of the Contact Points to a questionnaire on the subject followed by a round table moderated by Jan Moerkerke, member of the ELRA Board of Directors and coordinator of the study.
Contact Points’ contributions on Property Effects of Registered Partnership were also presented during the workshop, by Fatima Ferreira
Afonso Patrao, law Professor at University of Coimbra, presented the EU ADAPT Project, which aim is to facilitate cross-border successions and in which ELRA is collaborating as anassociated partner.
Sergio Saavedra, director of the technical coordination office, presented objectives of the Ibero-American Registry Network (Iberoreg).
The last presentation was made by our Scottish colleagues, about the swich from conventional registration to the cloud.
To end with, some internal topics were discussed, and upcoming events were announced.
Presentations:
- EJN Introduction by Marie Vautravers, new Secretary General of the European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters
- Anti-Money Laundering by Mª José Magalhaes, Associação Sindical dos Conservadores dos Registos de Portugal
- EU ADAPT Project, by Afonso Patrao, Faculdade Direito, Universidade de Coimbra
- Iberoamerican Registry Network (Iberoreg) by Sergio Saavedra, Director Technical Coordination Office
- Registered Partnerships, by Fatima Ferreira, Associação Sindical Dos Conservadores Dos Registos de Portugal
- Moving registration to the cloud, by Nicole Clark and Cheryl Hunter, Registers of Scotland.
- Digitalization of Justice by Fernando de la Puente, ELRA President
- Ongoing study on the EU Land Registry status by Mihai Taus, contact point from Romania Land Registry Association
