Digitization is advancing. for the first time in history notaries can provide serviceonline‘ if requested by citizens or companies. This is a result of the ratification of the law transposing EU directives involving digitization of data. notary performances.
A large number of transactions or contracts can be executed ‘online’ with the same legal certainty as before a notary public within a period of six months following the publication of this Regulation in the Official Gazette. Authorization and signing of these documents, in the notary electronic center, video conferencing and qualified electronic signature.
More than 3.2 million notary documents
The General Council of Notaries calculates that more than 3.2 million notarial documents can be authorized and signed online annually. In this section, all corporate, commercial policies, various power of attorneys, letters of payment, guarantee cancellations, declarations of legitimacy of signatures, etc. is located.
“ legal security notary intervention will always ensure that”, explains President José Ángel Martínez Sanchiz Notaries General Assembly. Remote authorization does not eliminate or reduce any of the controls required by the notarial function. This rule allows certain public documents to be made available “online” for those who need or prefer it. It is an alternative route. For the time being, the transactions or works that can be authorized remotely will basically be one-sided, and the work or transactions that are considered to be able to replace the physical peace in the presence of a notary public in the electronic environment will be essentially unilateral.
More than 17 million copies
Notaries can also deliver authorized electronic copies of notary documents saves citizens and companies, thus saving paper and travel. It is assumed that Authorized electronic copies issued may exceed 17 million per yearAs a result, it saves time and paper.
Until the adoption of this law, notaries could only carry out transactions such as sending authorized electronic copies to Public Administrations, Cadastre or registries, electronic reconciliation, issuing certificates or data transfer ‘online’. Another innovation brought by the law is notary electronic protocol (electronic title file) will provide greater agility in communicating information to public administrations and individuals and companies.
This notary electronic protocols As with the paper protocols that will be kept at the Notaries General Assembly and will continue to be available to the notaries, each of them can be accessed and used only by the notary public. Thanks to the new regulations, this will also be possible. set up a limited liability company in the presence of a notary via ‘online’.
This law transposes Directive 2019/1151 which requires: without the need for physical presenceA citizen of the Union may establish a limited liability company in another member state. The Directive recommends maintaining the legal systems of each country and maintaining a model that allows safe, agile and money-fighting in countries where companies are established in the presence of a notary public, such as Germany, Belgium, Italy or Spain. laundering and tax evasion.