ON ТНЕ RESTITUTION AND COMPENSATION OF ТНЕ PROPERTIES OF SOME EX-PROPRIETORS

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1 ALBANIAN сеягне FOR FOREIGN "INVESTMENT PROMOTION TEL/FAX:(355) ТЕL:(ЗS5) Law n.7698, dated ON ТНЕ RESTITUTION AND COMPENSATION OF ТНЕ PROPERTIES OF SOME EX-PROPRIETORS Based upon Лrtiсlе 16, of tbe law по. 7491, Apri129, 1991 "On the main constitutional provisions", upon the рroposal of а group of deputies, tbe Реорlе'з Assembly of the Republic of Albania DECIDED: Articlo 1 тhe aim is 10 recognize Ihe ownership rig!jts and return 10 the ех-рюрпеит ог totheir heirs the properties which were nationalized, expropria1ed ам conftsca1ed accordingto legal аса and decisions о/ the соип о/ law after November 29, 1944, ог taken illegally ьу Ihe state in аnу other таппек, as well as 10 determine rhe methods ом the amounts /ог retuming ог compeпsating them. Articlo2 According 10 this lilw# property теапз immovable property in the/orm ofsites, buildings аnd everything ейе tha( is permanently joined (о it, such as housing,/aetories, workshops, shops ам еуегу other сопзписиоп. 1his law does по! include iтmovable рюрепу in the[опп о/ land regulatedьу the provisions о/ the law "Оn lаnd". Лrtiсl03 According 10 this law, for the purpose о/ restitution ог compensation ам recognition, lаnd теапз the sites and the agriculturalland. Site теапз the lаnd that is [n lhe hipotec аnd was и,'ithill the yellow lines о/ the urban centres а: the ите о! ехрюрпаиоп..agricultural lам теапз the юnd that was outside о/ the yellow lines о/ the uгьаn centresat the ате о/ e:xpropriation, Ьш аг the time о/ this law coming into/огсе ;Е exists аз а вие. Articlo 4 1he Qwnership right is recognized and the ех-очтеп ог their heirs аге restituted all the properties that а! the тотет this law сотея intoforce exist [n the/оrm о/unoccupied sites ог unchanged buildings, ехсер: the сазез that аге defined differently ьу this law..articlo S Inall cases when nо! otherwise stipulated in this law, the amount o/restitution от compensation/or the sites will

2 ALBANIAN CENTRE FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT PROMOTION TEL/FAX:(355) TEL:(355) Ье а: ils full value uр to ooסס 1 m2. When (М size о/ (М property isjrom J()()(XJ m2 ир to J()()()()() m2, the атоит о/ restitution or сотрепзаиоп ье ап additionall0%, while/or properties above 1()()()(X) m2, it will Ье ап additional 1 %.. will Лrtiс106 Not profiting ьу this law are те ex-owners 0/ buildings ог sites expropriated ам occupied/or рuьисриерозев, which, at rhe time 0/ ехрюрпаиоп, were compensated/or at full value. [n cases и.'hеn the ex-owners have objecriolls аз 10 the атоит аnd method o/lhe»ашаиоп, they have the right to appeal ю the соип 0/ law, аnd, if their objeetions are verified ю Ье пие, they wil1 Ье coтpensated with the diffeтence adjusted ьу 'М injlalion index. Articlo 7 Whел the buildings are пое deтolished апа nо! used/or public purposes, they are restituted ироп the owner's request, еуеп if they were compensated /or а! full value at the time 0/ expropriation, Ьш after they return the received атоит о/ сотрепзаиоп adjusted ьу the inj1ation index. " 'МJen the buildings ате nо! demolished аnd are па, bought ьу the зиие, еуеп when they are used/or public purposes, the ownership ьу the ex-owners is recognised. Тпе зиие will make а lease сопнаа with the ex-owner in accordance with thedispositions dejined ьу the Соипей о/ Minislers/or this ригрозе. Ar the ex-owner's requesl, аnd after а репоа о/ 3 years, (he виие is obliged (о give the bui/ding back 10 itsowners. Articlo 8 When (М site that WQS expropriated апа compensated/or а!full value is not used/or lhe purposes/or which it was expropriated, апа when it i$ unoccupied, it is restituted 10 the ex-owner after the latter returпs the received compensation adjusted ьу the injlation index. Articlo 9 Меn the соuп о/ law veri.fies that lhe objeets were bought Ьу tlje state withoutthe approval о/ the e;x-owners, rhe objeets аге restituted (о the latter after they рау back the amоun! received jrom the objeetst sale. Article 10 ln cases when the ex-owners'buildings are alienated to third persons, the ex-owners аге restituted, whi1e the third persons receive the amоun! о/ compensation from the state, according 10 the sale price аl the time о/ alienation, adjusted ьу the inflation index. Exemptedjrom this law аге the ex-owners that donated their propertie~ (О rheslate, and,/or this aet, there exists relevant documentation andpublications.

ALBANIAN CENTRE FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT PROMOTION ТЕUFАХ:(З55) 42 27885 ТЕL:(ЗSS) 42.

3 ALBANIAN CENTRE FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT PROMOTION ТЕUFАХ:(З55) ТЕL:(ЗSS) Article 11 In cases when the sitc of thc cx-owner is alicnated to third регвовв and there is по pennanent сопвписиоп, ;t is restituted 10 theforтer owner, while the third репопз receive the атоит о/ сотрепзаиоп from the виие, adjusted ьу the injlation intkt. Лrtiсlе 12 Sites occupied ьу buildings о/ otherphysical апа juridicalpersons who have boughr them from state afterjanuary 1, 1991/ог building privatehousing аnd trade service construetions, аге restituted (о theformer оыпеа, while the state pays back the атоит given /ог the sites (о the physical ог juridical persons. 1he physical and juridical persons who own lм construetions аге obligedto рау rent 10 the site ownersi ог ге-ьuy the site according 10 the сотта,jюt will Ье agreed between the parties. Disputes аге solved legally. Exempted ьу this article are citizens that have ьuа, or аге building housing in the zones that are planned /or тassive* construetions ьу (М urban plan аnd uгьаn sludiesi in accordance with the legalprocedures. Лrtiсl013 When the state orthe tenants муе made expenditures /ог struetural changes, аппехез огjloor additions ею. (о ап objeet that was/orтerly рпмие property, the objeet is returned (о the ex-owner without сотрепзапоп when the value о/ the expenditure сопнп«0/20% ог less о/ the value о/ the object. When the value о/ the ехрепайиее оп the objea consists 0/20%-50% о/the value о/ the objeet, [, becomes the рюрепу о/ the ех-оггпеп only when he has paid back the аооуе value [аьоуе 20%] calculated оп the basis о/ the cost о/ construetion а: the ите o/the restitution process [теапии; now). Меn the value o/the ехрепзезundertaken is above 50% о/ (М value о/ the objecr, the objecr comes under co-ownership. 1he restitution о/ the ex-owners' buildings mш! Ье аоne ;n accordance with the state norms о/ maintenance оnd ше. Аll intentional damage caused ьу the maltreatтent о/ the building is evaluated ьу relevant authorized experts аnd is раю back according 10 the provisions,n /огсе. Disputes between the parties are addressed [n а legal таnnег. * translator's note:-massive- hasthe meaning о/аny large construetionsuch as а blockojjlats. Article 14 1he relationship between the tenants and the ex-owners that wiliьесоmе owners according 10 this law аге regulated ьу law No. 7652, Deceтber 23, 1992 "Оп 1he privatization о/ :,"tate housing". If wilhin this period the ownerfinds orher housing!ог the lellanfs [1l the sameurban агеа with living space in accordance with the existing sheltering norтs а! (М (iтe this law comes into/orce, ам not тere space (мn he has ai the/onner owner's housing, the tenantis obliged 10 leave the housing. Тhe state is obliged 10 solve the housing ргоыет о/ the cun-ent tenants ;n conformity with the cuттеn! sheltering nonns, giving priority 10 thosefamilies w;th less than sufficient.financial mеаns. ироn the desire о/ the ex-owners, they сап Ье compensated according [о the methods detemzined in this law.

4 ALBANIAN CENTRE FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT PROMOTION ТЕLIFАХ:(З55) ТЕL:(З55) Article 15 Sites occupiedьу temporary соптиспопз аге restiiuted. Тетроеазу construetions аге defined in the Urbanistics Regulations. Articlo 16 When sites аге occupied ьу реппапет сопзпиаюпз, the former owners аге compensated within the limits о/ expтopriation QS below: а. withslate obligationsihat will Ье usedaccording 10 their equivalemvaluewith priority in relationswith the виие nо, only in theprivatization о/state-owned objeets Ьи: аио in other aetivitieswith the possibilities о/ using credit. Ь. with equivaleпr site 'расе nеаг (Ье uгьаn centres in conformity wilh the general игьаn рйт, Ьш Mt more тап 5000 т2. с. with equivalent арасе '" юипвтгопез in conformity with the general uгьаn plan, Ьш па' more than 5000 т2. 7he remaining рап /ог letters Ь ом с will Ье compensated '" other ways determined Ьу this law. 1he Council о/ Ministers determines the топ detailed regulations /ог the methods оnd due dates о/ compensation. Articlo 17 1he nght %wnership is recognized 10 IЬе ex-owners /ог sites with аhoр' ьuи, оп тет. Тпеex-owner о/ the site Ьесотез co-owner with lм ownero/the shop that " built оп that site. Тпе co-ownership is divided in ропюпз according (о (Ье /ol1owing атоипи: 1he size oflhe ропюп ofthe shop owner is determined Ьу the рпсе paidby himfor the аьор а: the тотет o/the traniformation о/ the,ьорfrom зиие propertyto а private опе, converted in dollars according 10 the таатит free exchange пие at that moment, аз determined ьу the Bank о/ Albania. Тпе size о/ (Ье portion ofthe зйе'«ex-owner is calcujared оп the basis о/ the вие'в value аз determ;ned Ьу law. Тп сазез when the shop dces по: муе аny other construetion аьоуе ;1, the owner о/ the shop and the ex-owner о/ the site аге simultaneously co-owners о/ the site ам shop. Меn lhe shop is beneath housingt the owner о/ the shop ам the ex-owner о/ the site аге co-owners о/ the shop, while zhey аге owners0/the site 10gether with the owners о/ the housing, according 10 the law "о" condominium". The ex-owner O/Ihe site has the right 10 withdraw.from co-ownership after beingpaid Ьу 1he оwnег о/ the shop аl least the valueо/the site according (о the provisions in/огсе. Each о/ the co-owners сап sell his рап, (гаns/етnс to the new owner al1 (м rights a1jd responsibilities that derivefrom this law. ироn mиtual agreement, the owner о/ (Ье shop ам the owner 0/the s;te сап usе еуету other /оrm о/ property "аns/егеnсе. Co-ownership is limited only 10 two years, ;n the аensе that the ownero/the shop will рау rent 10 (М ex-owner о/ the site [for tmt ртod). 1herent will Ье calcula1ed as/ollows. For shops о/ the first category: а) For shops о/ anьаn services, the гелt is 5 USD/m2 рет month. Ь) For trade services shops,,ье rent is 10 иш/m2 рег month. с) For social services shops, the rent is 15 иш/m2 рег тonth.

5 ALBANIAN CENTRE FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT PROMOTI0N ТЕUFДХ:(З55) ТЕL:(З55) Fот shops о/ the second category: а) РОТ shops о/ artisan services, (М rent is 3 иш/m2 per топт. Ь) For trade services shops, the rent is 8 USD/m2 рет month. с) FOT social services амра, (М зет is 12 иш/m2 рет month. For shops o/the third category: а) For SMpso/апиап services, (Ш! renr is 2 USD/m2 рег month. Ь) FOT "шle services shops, the rent is 7 USD/m2 рет month. с) For social services амра, the гет is 10 ит/m2 рет month. For the рuтроае о/гen, calculation, the атеа will include the storage врасе ом will ье calculated 10 include the external wal1s 0/ СМ shop. 1heserental values аге calculated/or the distriet o/тiгana. For the other distriets, а discounting coefficient will Ье applied 0/1.2, 1.4, 1.6, according 10 Ме classification o/the distriets in 1, II апа Ш categories. For the ригрозе о/ classification о/ the shops wirhin the uгьаn centres, (М c1assijication made/о, the housing according 10 lм law on (М privatizarion о/ state housing" will Ье used. [n сми when this classifieation has пт Ьееп таае, ;1 will, ье таае ьу the Council o/territory Regulalion o/the respeetive district. Етт the full rental value о/ the shop, the ех-оьтег is paid in con/ormity with his portion о/ co-ownership, converted in иь, wilh the exchange пае о/ the Bank о/ Albania. [n сазез when the owner о/ the shop has rented rheshop апа receives higher геп: than the опе calculated above, then therent paid Ьу the зепат will Ье taken in consideration. Jf, during the репса о/ limited со-овпептр, lhe owner о/ the shop does not agree ог has not топеу 10 рау the Tent, t}um the ex-owner о/ the site has те right 10 Ьесоте the owner о/ the whole shop, paying те portion о/ the shop owner in the amounts given above. After the termination о/ the two year period, the co-ownership is unlimited (free) in the sense that each о/ them, according 10 the laws ам dispositions in/orce, сап create a1ly kind o/relationship with hispartner о, with а third оnе. Articlo 18 1'he пкю %wnership о/ (М shops is prohibitedfor: - those that have illegallyprivatized them. - those rhar have changed the usе о/ the shop, contrary 10 the provisions in /отсе. - those lhat have nо! ca"ied оп апу aetivity during the 6 monthsafter the mоmеn! о/ privatiz.atio1l. /n thesecases, the ex-ownerо/the site whete rheshop is construeted has the tight 10 Ьесоmе rhe owner о/ the shop according 10 the provisions in fotce. 1he National Agency о/ Privatization and the insritutions о/ rhe local authorities areresponsible for the impleтentation о/ this Article. Articlo 19 7he u1joccupied sites within the yeljow lines о/ the cities ам tourism zones ;n con/onnity with the general urbаn рюns approvedat the time this law соти into effeet will Ье restituted in these amounts:

6 ALВANIAN CENTRE FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT PROMOTION ТЕUFАХ:(З55) ТЕL:(З56) with sites 5000 m2, ам the remaining рап wil1 Ье compensated accotding ю the waysdetermined ;n this law. - agticullutalland 5000 т2, andthe Temaining рап will Ье compensated as stipulaledin (М law "Оn land". 1he Council о/ Ministeтsdetennines (М detailed regulations /ОТ the iтpleтentation о/ this Article. Article 20 1he ех-оьте«о/ the site оп which there ате built 1 аnd 2- storey housing has (М right о/joint ownership о/ the site in thefirst сазе in 'м ratio 0/1:2, and in (М second сазе,n the ratio 0/1.'3. ln both casesthe ex-ownerhas the пкм 10 build anotherfloot, while allfurther changes will Ье treatedaccording 10 the law "Оп condoтinium". Article 21 Fот (М sites occupied ьу state constructions such аз shops, warehouses, workshops ею., the еж owners have the пкю to рте-ьuy these objeas when they will ье privatized, with (М рпсе defined according 10 the provisions in force. Article 22 Any аа for (М recognition о/ (М рюрепу according 10 те provisions о/ this law is тade ьу the institutions responsible/orthe imтovable рюрвпу registration, based оп the ojjicial documentstheformer ownerswill present. Ifthese documents аге nо' available,ownership is рюуеп ьу the соип о/ law in the presence о/ the opposition рапу. Requestsfor ownership transference must Ье presented within 6 monthsfrom the date о/this law becoming effeetive. In cases when ЕМ ex-owner is по: awaredue (о justifiable reasons, he has the right to resettle the time limit through the соип o/law. Articlo 23 1heрюретея о/ the ех-юnк and/oreign от joint сотратез ате nottreated ьу this law. Article 24 Not projiting ьу this 1aw are: - 1he collaborators wirh thefascists punished/or war crimes after the appeal or the decision о/ the соип ofappeal. - 1he ех-соттитп leaders for the propenies gained through abuses о/ official position, verified ьу the court o/law. 1hosepunished/ог possession о/ the people's propertyin huge amounts, in the aтounts determined ьу (М decision о/ the соurt [to муе Ьеen unlawfully possessed).

7 ALBANIAN CENTREFOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT PROМOTION TEL/FAX:{36S) ТЕL:(ЗS5} Articlo 2s 1here must Ье established state соттйпопз о/ restitution апа сотрепзапоя о/ the ex-owners properties attached 10 те Соипей о/ministers which will deal with аll the veri.fication о/ the ex-owners' objeetions that have по: found solution in this шw. Articlo 2б 7'he value о/ the siteswill ье detennined ьу верапив шw. Articlc 27 /nall (Ье cases stipulatedin this law, the in}lation index will Ье calculated at ем tiтe this law сотез. intojorce. Articlc 28 1'he Соипей о/ Ministers, within J monthfrom this law cominginjojorce, тип issue the necessary sublegal aets ам (аи organizational measures for lм implementation о/ this шw. Articlo 29 All the legalprovisions running contrary ю this law аге abrogared. Articlo 30 1his law мll ье ejjective 30 days after its promulgation. ТНЕ CНAIRМAN Pjeter ARВNORI Тiranе April 15, 1993 No. оу law 7698

REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA THE ASSEMBLY. LAW No. 9235, dated ON RESTITUTION AND COMPENSATION OF PROPERTY

REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA THE ASSEMBLY LAW No. 9235, dated 29.07.2004 1 ON RESTITUTION AND COMPENSATION OF PROPERTY As amended with Law. No. 9388, dated 4.5.2005 2 and Law No. 9583, dated 17.7.2006 3 In reliance