73. Monitoring the completion of the denationalisation process — situation as at 31. 12. 2020

73. Follow-up of the completion of the denationalisation process for administrative units and ministries at the 1st and 2nd stages of decision-making — situation as at 31. 12. According to previous reporting (situation at 30. 9. 2020) the number of cases finally closed for administrative units increased by 6, from 38,378 to 38,384. However, the total number of pending cases for administrative units decreased from 72 to 60 during this three-month period. By the 73 rd monitoring of the completion of the denationalisation process, 29 administrative units completed the procedures in full, with all cases finally closed. At the first stage of decision-making, all cases have been closed by 5 administrative units, namely UE Domžale, Grosuplje, Ribnica, Šmarje pri Jelšah and Tolmin, which still have some issues in the 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 another 20 pending cases at first instance and 5 cases in the appeal, while the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, which decides at first instance on the recovery of property protected under the regulations on nature conservation, has two pending cases at first instance and 3 cases in the appeal. A total of 39,714 denationalisation claims were submitted to all administrative bodies at the first instance of decision-making (administrative units, MK, MKGP, MOP and MF), of which 39,597 cases were finally closed, representing 99.7 % of the total number of cases submitted. 117 cases remain pending, of which there are 82 pending cases at first instance, and a total of 35 cases are pending in the appeal at second instance and at the administrative and supreme courts. The second-instance ministries resolved 17 denationalisation cases over a period of three months. In the second instance, a total of 16 denationalisation cases are pending.