Property formation and three-dimensional property units in sweden

Legislative work is currently in progress in Sweden aimed at making possible the formation of properties in strata. At the moment, the government is preparing the bill. The proposed law may get legal force not earlier than 2003. A Commission proposed in 1996 that real property will consist of either a part of the surface of the ground or a three-dimensional space which contains a building or part of a building. Thus it will not be possible to create properties which permanently will consist merely of air or a volume of rock. The subdivision into horizontal strata must be terminated if the building is not erected or is destroyed. Today a Commission investigate the possibility of also introducing strata titles or condominiums in Swedish law. At the National Land Survey of Sweden, Lantmäteriet, a pre study is currently investigating how to implement the new law within the Real Property Register and the digital Cadastral Index Map