84. monitoring the completion of the denationalization process - the situation on the 30th 9. 2023

Based on previous reporting (situation at 30. 6. 2023), the number of cases finally closed in administrative units increased by 2, from 38,404 to 38,406. However, the total number of pending cases in administrative units remained stable over this three-month period (47).

By the 84th monitoring of the completion of the denationalisation process, 32 administrative units had completed the procedures in their entirety, including all final cases. At the first decision-making stage, all cases have four administrative units closed, namely Cerknica, Domžale, Radlje ob Dravi and Ruše, which have some cases still in appeal.

The Ministry of Culture, which decides at first instance on the denationalisation of objects protected under the regulations on the protection of cultural heritage, has 15 pending cases at first instance (5 more than in the previous monitoring) and 9 cases in appeal, while the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, which decides at first instance on the return of property protected under the regulations on nature conservation, has 3 pending cases at first instance and 2 cases in appeal.

A total of 39 715 denationalisation claims were lodged with all administrative bodies at the first instance of decision-making (administrative units, MK, MKGP, MOP and MF), of which 39 620 cases were finally closed, representing 99.76% of the total number of cases lodged.

There are 95 cases still pending, of which 65 are pending at first instance and a total of 30 cases are pending at second instance, administrative and Supreme Court appeals.

In a period of three months, four denationalisation cases (in the previous monitoring exercise 9) were solved in total by the ministries dealing with complaints in the second instance.

In the second instance, a total of 10 denationalisation cases remain unresolved.