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Draft Law “On property titles, property scandal deepens

Productive Activities Parliamentary Commission approved a few days ago between the numerous debates draft law “On the verification of property titles divided by Law 7501.” This bill establishes legal rights beyond its title. Specialists and former owners have described as a bill that sets a double standard on how to acquire a title of ownership of agricultural land. The purpose of this bill, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, is the verification of property titles that are divided according to Law 7501. Up to this point the bill has nothing unusual. Controversial elements of his coming down when the bill states that families have more land than belonged to the Law 7501 and if that piece of land to spare no claims by other owners, the land would unjustly legitimized. This part of the bill is considered by members of the majority as a law that legalizes the property thieves. This standard was not accepted by former owners. However, the bill defines another way in which title is obtained, which is completely opposite from the first. The draft says that “households or persons who actually use agricultural land and use it within the limits claimed by them as the property of parakolektivizimit and have refused to obtain the act of obtaining land ownership, may require documentation legal ownership under the procedures set forth in Law no. 9235, dated 29.7.2004, “On restitution and compensation of property”, as amended. In short, any former owner who has allowed his land to be shared with Law 7501, can be legitimized by Property Agency. This legal argument is inconsistent with the law in force 7501. Furthermore, the above bill is exempt from these standards in the coastal lands by establishing a standard triple against the first two. By the multitude of changes in the parliamentary commission, Ministry of Agriculture has submitted and a further change, which states that any surface soil confirmed that recognition of ownership, will be recognized and the right to physical compensation for the expropriated subjects agency of property restitution and compensation and its regional offices. The draft law would establish a whole structure with local committees, which control agricultural lands. Read the rest of this entry »