STATE ATTORNEYS DISCUSS LAW ON COMPENSATION FOR CONFISCATED PROPERTY

PROPERTY ( Editorial: --> 2480 ) ZAGREB, Sept 23 (Hina) - The State Attorney of the Republic of Croatia and state attorneys from counties and the City of Zagreb on Wednesday discussed the application of a law on compensation for property confiscated during the Yugoslav Communist regime. The law, which went into force on January 1, 1997, has raised numerous doubts, the state attorneys noted. The application of the law by administrative bodies has been slow due to a lack of necessary by-laws. Another reason for its slow application is the poor situation in land registers which the then Communist regime systematically neglected, State Attorney Petar Sale said. One law is not enough to rectify what had been almost completely neglected over the past fifty years, Deputy State Attorney Danica Damjanovic said. Analysing the articles of the law, Damjanovic informed her colleagues about the doubts the State Attorney's Office was having and its views regarding individual solutions. The meeting was welcomed by the Supreme Court President Milan Vukovic who called for the adoption of the most adequate model of compensation for those whose property had been taken away. (hina) jn rml 231735 MET sep 98