{"id":9110,"date":"2022-11-09T11:31:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T09:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/?p=9110"},"modified":"2022-11-09T11:31:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T09:31:07","slug":"power-to-ascertain-the-fact-of-the-occupation-the-legal-status-of-property-owned-by-former-all-union-ngos-of-the-ussr-and-the-moratorium-on-its-privatization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/monitoring\/power-to-ascertain-the-fact-of-the-occupation-the-legal-status-of-property-owned-by-former-all-union-ngos-of-the-ussr-and-the-moratorium-on-its-privatization\/","title":{"rendered":"Power to ascertain the fact of the occupation, the legal status of property owned by former all-union NGOs of the USSR, and the moratorium on its privatization"},"content":{"rendered":"

MPs propose to transfer the authority to ascertain the fact of the occupation of a part of the territory of Ukraine from the President to the Cabinet. Also, the Parliament addressed the issue of the legal status of property owned by former civic associations of the USSR and initiated the moratorium on its privatization.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Legal status of property owned by former all-union civic associations of the USSR<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Draft bill <\/b>#\u202f6420<\/b><\/a> of September 6, 2022<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sponsor: <\/span><\/b>the Cabinet<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Status: <\/span><\/b>adopted in the first reading<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Who is affected: <\/span><\/b>the Cabinet, courts, the State Property Fund, persons who own or use the property of former all-union civic associations or privatized such property before the legal status of such property was established<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Background: <\/span><\/b>in Soviet times, there was a significant number of all-union civic associations: all-union trade unions, the Volunteer Society for Cooperation with the Army, Aviation, and Navy (DOSAAF), and others. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the status of their property was not defined by national legislation. Only in 1994, by the Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada, it was declared state property (temporarily). However, since no particular law addressed the issue, a significant part of such property was acquired by current owners by legal \u201cworkarounds.\u201d Prosecutors occasionally tried to return parts of this property to the state but such cases are rare. A significant part of this property is lost by the state.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Summary of the bill:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n