Cadaster to absorb land register offices

The Environment Ministry included a clause in the multi-bill tabled in Parliament on Tuesday for the creation of a new public entity named "Hellenic Cadaster" (instead of the original proposal, "National Cadaster Corporation") at a time when construction activity in Greece mostly comprises fencing around plots rather than any actual building.

The new entity will absorb the National Cadaster and Mapping Agency and the land registers. Its structure will consist of a central agency, 17 regional offices and 75 branches across the country, and the transition from the current system is projected to take place within two years.

The draft clause to that effect was put up for consultation in mid-December, and reached Parliament yesterday. The country's creditors have been demanding the creation of the new entity for the last two years, ahead of the completion of the land...