The Croatian Justice Ministry has declared as null and void a decision by Istria County whereby land on the Church and civil areas of the Benedictine monastery Dajla was given to the Dajla parish, and thus enabled the Republic of Croatia to be entered in land books as the owner of the said real estate, the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
The ministry said that in the process of administrative monitoring it gathered documents in the cases of restitution of property to the Dajla parish regarding compensation for the confiscated property in accordance with the law on compensation for property confiscated during the former Yugoslav communist regime.
After reviewing and establishing facts, the ministry adopted a decision on 9 August declaring as null and void decisions by Istria County and its office for property-rights relations from 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 whereby agricultural and building land in Dajla is given to the Dajla parish, namely the parish was given the right to seek compensation.
The ministry said that its decision annulled all legal effects of the said decisions and would enable Croatia to be entered in the land books as the owner of the said real estate.
