The proposed draft law of the Ministry of Digital Governance foresees, among other things, the extension of the possibility of final signature to the deputy heads, the heads of the body’s legal service and P.E. employees. Legal, with supra-local competence, which is also given to supervisors.

It is also planned to extend the certification to Technical Education Engineers (according to the TEE) to increase controls. At the same time, a new platform for legal control of registered deeds is established (article 18), which now becomes mandatory.

The aim of these measures is to offer even greater flexibility and speed to the process, especially with regard to electronic deeds and in conjunction with the Land Registry’s Programmatic Agreements with Bar Associations and the pool of more than 1,000 lawyers who start submissions within November, to multiply the possibility of registering deeds nationwide. All of this is expected to lead to faster transfers of properties, but also to the elimination of pending transactions in 4-6 months from the passing of the bill.

With the new law, the necessary reduction of bureaucracy is progressing with the abolition of the TAP non-debt certificate in the purchase and sale of real estate, and instead of annexation, the Hellenic Land Registry undertakes to notify each Municipality of the area of ​​the property in each change of ownership within its boundaries.

Subsequently, the Municipalities can confirm the fee and that it is collected through AADE, while the obligation to submit multiple excerpts of the cadastral diagram (AKD) for the same property is abolished.

Regarding the problem of lack of efficiency incentives, the following changes are introduced:

• Merit criteria are introduced, such as the establishment of bonuses for achieving goals for each Land Office, while the replacement of supervisors is clarified and expanded.
• Absolutely measurable targets are set for real estate transfers, the processing of other registrable transactions, Land Registry, new digital services.
• The costs of the bonus will come exclusively from the revenue of the Agency which is self-financing, without burdening the Budget.

On 30/11/2024 the end of the general deadline for land registration has been set. There will be a new interactive map of individual land registration, simplification of declaration and transfer procedures for State and Municipal properties, but also the possibility of correcting inaccurate registrations for bona fide owners of 35 areas.