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Mr Posselt, the regular assessment report on the progress made by Romania, which was published in late 2003, contains a thorough assessment of Romania’s progress in the restitution of assets. In the general conclusions it is stated that the legal framework for restitution is now fully functional. There is one notable exception: restitutions of churches. This is an incredibly sensitive issue in Romania. The sensitive nature of the problem, together with the problems within and between certain denominations has resulted in a blocking of the planned legislation. The law in Romania applies equally to all Romanian citizens. The Commission is not aware of any special provisions for the German minority. Your question, Mr Posselt, indicates that you may be better informed than the Commission. If there is something the Commission does not know about, I would be grateful if you could let me know. Consequently, I am unable to answer your question as to whether this model could be transferred to other candidate countries. It is hard for me to assess a law we do not know about.
The selection of the general model for asset restitutions in Romania is a sovereign matter for Romania, and the sole responsibility of that state. As you know, the European Union has no legal authority in this area. Nevertheless, the regular Commission report does highlight the fact that the progress made in actual restitutions varies greatly depending on the value of the assets to be returned. There has been real progress in restitutions of agricultural and forested land, but the transfer of buildings has only just started. Only 3% of the properties in question had been returned by the end of 2003. I would classify that as fairly slow implementation of the relevant legislation."@en1
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