The latest legal framework for the functioning of the State Land Cadastre

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the latest principles and novelties of legal support for the functioning of the State Land Cadastre in Ukraine. The legal issues of information interaction between the State Land Cadastre of Ukraine and the national geospatial data infrastructure are revealed. The author identifies the advantages of adapting the current legislation in the field of land cadastre to the requirements of the European Union Directive 2007/2/EC (INSPIRE) and considers the possibility of their implementation in the legal system of Ukraine to improve cadastral activities and land relations. The article provides proposals for improving the legislation and its adaptation to EU standards. The author concludes that the current Ukrainian legislation requires comprehensive changes to bring it in line with the EU standards on information interaction within the land cadastre. It is emphasised that the adoption of the principles of the INSPIRE Directive can be an effective way forward in improving the national geospatial data infrastructure. It is argued that the lack of interaction and automated exchange of geospatial data in a single environment with registers, cadastres of executive bodies of local self-government, utilities, institutions and organisations in the fields of urban planning, architecture, and land resources is a significant problem for guaranteeing the land rights of land relations subjects. The author emphasises that the most pressing problems of legal regulation in the field of land relations and cadastral activities today include imperfections in public administration of land relations, insufficient development of the automated system of the State Land Cadastre, and lack of an effective mechanism for economic incentives for land use and protection. The author proves that the functioning of the State Land Cadastre of Ukraine today is based on the following principles: processing, systematization and storage of information on the objects of the State Land Cadastre; synchronization of information contained in the national geospatial data infrastructure and the State Land Cadastre; integration of geographic information systems of Ukraine and the European Union with a view to creating a single information space for the use of 3D and 4D land data; counteraction and protection of information contained in the State Land Cadastre.