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LAW ON PROPERTY RESTITUTION AND COMPENSATION

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The former owner who transferred the right of use of the construction land without structures to<br />

a third party, shall have no right to restitution or compensation in accordance with the Law.<br />

3. Restitution of Agricultural Land, Forests and Forest Land<br />

What land shall be returned<br />

Article 24<br />

The former owner shall recover the property right to agricultural and forest land and forests<br />

confiscated by the application of the regulations referred to in Article 2 of the Law.<br />

If confiscated agricultural and/or forest land was reparcelled and/or arondated after<br />

confiscation, the former owner shall have the right of restitution of the land obtained in the reparcelling<br />

process of the land.<br />

What land shall not be returned<br />

Article 25<br />

The right of ownership of agricultural and forest land shall not be recovered if the following has<br />

been done on the date of entry into force of the Law:<br />

1) Construction of a structure which is in operation on the date of entry into force of the Law at a<br />

cadastral parcel in the part used for the regular utilization of the structure, i.e. if the land contains<br />

a larger number of structures which are in operation on the date of entry into force of the Law,<br />

the size of the land which economically justifies utilisation of the structures;<br />

2) Necessary new parcelling of the land for purpose of ensuring an access road to the land that is<br />

the subject of the claim for restitution;<br />

3) Land in social and/or cooperative ownership acquired by encumbered legal transaction.<br />

More detailed criteria for determining the size of the land that shall not be returned as stated in<br />

paragraph 1, item 1) of the Article, shall be determined by the regulation of the Government.<br />

The Right of Use and Lease<br />

Article 26<br />

A person, who on the date of adoption of an enforceable decision had the right to use<br />

agricultural land, shall seize to have the right on the date of enforcement of the decision on the<br />

restitution of property to the former owner. A person who had the right of use of agricultural land shall<br />

be obliged to return possession to the former owner after the harvest, no later than 30 October in the year<br />

in which the decision became enforceable and if the decision has become enforceable after this date, not<br />

later than eight days after the day of reaping the next yield in the following year.<br />

If agricultural land was leased in accordance with the Law on Agricultural Land, it shall remain<br />

in the possession of the lessee until expiry of the lease agreement, unless otherwise determined by the<br />

Law, or the parties agree otherwise, provided that the lessee pays the rent to the former owner from the<br />

date of enforcement of the decision on the restitution of the land.<br />

4. Restitution of Residential and Commercial Buildings Residential Buildings and Apartments<br />

Article 27<br />

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