Kosovo Property Agency No.13 June 2008 First decisions by the Kosovo Property Claims Commission delivered Photo: One of the claimant receiving decision in KPA office Gracanica On 10 of June, the Kosovo Property Agency claimed property. The decisions issued by the (1) In the search field you should enter the five The KPA was established on 4 March 2006 (KPA) started to deliver of the first decisions KPCC will become final and enforceable unless digit KPA number (eg. KPAXXXXX) of the claim through the promulgation of UNMIK Regulation decided by Kosovo Property Claims Commis- they are appealed to the Supreme Court of Kos- you wish to search, (2) choose “KPA claims” 2006/10 which later was amended with UNMIK sion (KPCC) to claimants. The first decisions ovo within 30 days after delivery to the parties. and (3) click the “search” button. You can find Regulation 2006/50. The KPA has, subject to ap- were handed over to claimants who visited the KPA claim number on the copy of the claim peal to the Supreme Court of Kosovo, exclusive the KPA offices in Belgrade, Kragujevac, Nis, Parties to a claim will receive an official deci- that was given to you when you submitted your jurisdiction to resolve claims for private immov- Podgorice/a and Gracanice/a. In the future, sion verified in the English language, as well as claim(s) with the KPA. Once you have searched able property (including commercial and agricul- claimants will also be able to receive decisions translated versions in Albanian and Serbian lan- for and found your decision and the photo’s of tural properties) arising from 1998-1999 armed at KPA offices throughout Kosovo including guages. The English version is the official ver- the claimed property, if you believe that the pho- conflict in Kosovo. Prishtinë/Priština, Prizren, Pejë/Peć, Gjilan/ sion and should there be any conflict between the to’s show a different property than the one you Gnjilane, Mitrovicë/Mitrovica and in FY- English and the Albanian or Serbian language made a claim for, please inform us by contacting ROM Skoplje. version, the content of the English version shall one of the KPA offices immediately. prevail. The KPCC has already adjudicated 8,329 out of 39,589 property claims submitted to the KPA. It is expected that the KPCC which was inaugu- Kosovo Property Agency The KPA will continue its work resolving the re- rated in June 2007, will finalize the adjudication maining claims for private immovable property of all property claims submitted to the KPA in The KPA was established on 4 March 2006 by UN- originating from 1998-1999 armed conflict. By early 2010. the end of June, the KPCC is expecting to have MIK Regulation 2006/10 which was later superseed- adjudicated 11,000 of the 39,589 claims submit- If you want to find out if your claim has been de- ted to KPA. cided, you can phone our office on 038 249 918, ed by UNMIK Regulation 2006/50. The KPA has, or, you can visit our web site at www.kpaonline. subject to appeal to the supreme court of Kosovo, Delivery of decisions will continue along with org where you can find your decision by using case processing and adjudication of all claims the search engine in “KPA claims”. If your deci- exclusive jurisdiction resolve claims for private im- filed with the KPA. A KPCC decision, a copy sion is ready, you will see the status of the claim ovable property arising from the 1998-1999 armed of which is provided to all parties to a claim, de- will be “claim decided…”. When your claim has termines the property right(s) related to claim(s) been decided, you can view a copy of the cer- conflict. filed with the KPA. A successful claimant will tified decision, photos and current status of the through the KPCC decision receive confirma- claimed property online. 038 249 918 tion of an ownership right or a user right to the 2 No. 13 June 2008 The law to be applied with concrete actions Motions for prosecution delivered June has been a busy month for the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) to Prosecutor’s Office seeing in a number of significant events, namely, the delivery of some of the first decisions by the Kosovo Property Claims Commission (KPCC) to parties; delivery of motions for criminal prosecution re- garding suspected falsified documents; and the KPCC is currently sitting in its seventh session. The delivery of decisions is especially significant for the KPA as it signifies the dawn of another important stage in the full realization of the KPA mandate, namely, the implementation of KPCC decisions. The first KPCC session was held in June 2007 and the delivery of decisions this month is the result of months of systematic work and a continuous dedication by the KPCC members and KPA staff to develop and establish clear processes. Now that processes for de- livery of decisions and implementation has been established, more decisions are expected to be delivered in the coming months. The KPA also delivered motions for prosecution to the Office of the Public Prosecutor for cases that were decided before the Housing and Property Directorate (KPA’s predecessor) where it is suspected that documents were falsified. The delivery of these motions to the Prosecutions Office for further investigation, demonstrates KPA’s commitment to the rule of law. Whether charges follow, is an issue for the Prosecutions Office and the courts. Mohlan, 5 Tetor 2007: In addition, the seventh KPCC Session is currently underway and it is expected that the KPCC will have reached its goal of adjudicating around 11,000 of the approximately 40,000 claims by the end of June 2008. Such results evidence the KPA’s commitment to applying its man- date, the rule of law and the recognition of property rights for all citizens of Kosovo. Joanna Hanley On 11 June, 27 motions for criminal documents were falsified, was small: documents have been falsified: “We prosecution for falsifying documents “I can say that comparing the total are preparing other cases and will be were delivered to the Public Prosecu- number of claims with the HPD (over providing the evidence to the Prosecu- KPA Gazette tor’s Office in Prishtinë/Priština by the 29,160 cases), the percentage of cases tor’s Office”. It is anticipated that the Deputy Executive Director of the Kos- with suspected falsified documents preparation of further motions will last Publisher: Lars-Joergen Kihlberg Olsen ovo Property Agency (KPA), Mr. Xhe- was small”. several weeks. Editor-in-chief: Joanna Hanley vat Azemi. The documents delivered to the Prose- Falsifying documents is a crime pun- Contributors: Arian Krasniqi, Negosava Mrdaković The delivery of motions and evidence to cutor’s Office were suspected of being ishable by a fine or imprisonment of the Public Prosecutor’s Office for further falsified both in and outside of Kos- up to one year. In some cases, where investigations, was made where docu- ovo, but the final decision as to wheth- the falsification is in relation to a pub- Kosovo Property Agency ments provided to the Housing and Prop- er they were falsified or not, takes time lic document, the sentence can be up Nazim Gafuri 31 erty Directorate (HPD) were suspected of and will be made by the Prosecutor’s to three years imprisonment. being falsified, explained Mr. Azemi. Office and Courts Mr Azemi said. Prishtinë/Priština [email protected] Mr. Azemi added that the number of doc- Mr. Azemi also stated that the KPA is © 2008 Kosovo Property Agency uments provided to the HPD compared to completing further motions for simi- the number of cases where it is suspected lar cases where it is suspected that KPA Gazette is printed in Serbian and Albanian. English version is avaible on the following web address: www. kpaonline.org Distribution: Jedinstvo and Kosova Sot. KPA Gazette is printed and distributed with support from the governments of Belgium and Switzerland. No. 13 June 2008 Notification of claims submitted to the Kosovo Property Agency IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! If you believe you have a legal interest in any of the claimed properties listed in the attachment, you must contact Kosovo Property Agency as soon as possible and within 30 days of the date the claim was published. Pursuant to Section 10.1 and10.2 of UNMIK Regulation 2006/50, you have the (a) right to participate in the claim if you have a legal interest in the property. If you do not respond within the statutory 30 days deadline mentioned above, the KPA or the KPCC may issue an order that- may affect your rights to the claimed property without any further notice. If you have already received a written notification from the KPA that a claim has been submitted for the property you are currently using, the statutory 30 days deadline will start running from the day you received such written notification. Type of property: residential Municipality Town/Village Street Street no. Apt. no. Parcel no. KPA no. Published date F.Kosovë/K.Polje Kosovo Polje Vojvode Bojovica, br.18 N/A N/A 416/5,417/6,417/7,417/8 KPA10484 26.06.2008 Ferizaj/Uroševac Doganjevo Selo Avlija N/A N/A 297 KPA40637 26.06.2008 Ferizaj/Uroševac Gornje Nerodimlje N/A N/A N/A 1430/4 KPA38628 26.06.2008 Ferizaj/Uroševac Gornje Nerodimlje Selo N/A N/A 1407 KPA07811 26.06.2008 Ferizaj/Uroševac Gornje Nerodimlje Selo N/A N/A 1848 KPA48851 26.06.2008 Ferizaj/Uroševac Gornje Nerodimlje Selo Breg N/A N/A 1846 KPA48866 26.06.2008 Ferizaj/Uroševac Sazlija N/A N/A N/A 258 KPA25874 26.06.2008 Ferizaj/Uroševac Srpski Babus Selo kod kuce N/A N/A 649 KPA41588 26.06.2008 Ferizaj/Uroševac Urosevac Emin Duraku-Sefki Beciri N/A bb 1445