Acquisition of Agricultural Land by Foreigners and Family Agricultural Holdings in Croatia

Josipović, Tatjana

doi:10.21029/jael.2021.30.100

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“…Environmental Law after the expiry of the EU moratorium 35/2023 the Croatian legal system. 9 The same concept of the acquisition of ownership applied to that of privately owned land in the socialist era. 10 During the property law reform, after abolishing social ownership, the Croatian legislators decided to respect the country's legal tradition and, with a certain level of modernisation, maintain the system of land acquisition, which had been developing in Croatia for more than a hundred years.…”

Section: Journal Of Agricultural and Croatian Land Acquisition Rulesmentioning

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Croatian land acquisition rules after the expiry of the EU moratorium

Josipović

2023

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The aim of this article is to present the harmonization of the Republic of Croatia in connection with its land acquisition rules. This paper presents the gradual adjustment of Croatian land acquisition rules to EU laws and the final results of the process upon the expiry of the EU moratorium on the acquisition of agricultural land. The paper aims to analyse how the accession to the EU has impacted the development of Croatian land acquisition rules, the development of legal transactions of real property, and the entire economic development of the country.

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Croatian land acquisition rules after the expiry of the EU moratorium

Josipović

2023

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“…In their case, the precondition for the acquisition of real estate is that the reciprocity with their country is established by a decision of the competent authority, in accordance with the Reciprocity Act. 14 Citizens of other countries may not acquire real estate on the basis of inter vivos transactions at all, while on the basis of inheritance only if reciprocity exists. The Croatian Constitution [Ustav Republike Hrvatske] expressly states that arable land is of fundamental importance and therefore enjoys special protection of the Republic of Croatia.…”

Section: Journal Of Agricultural Andmentioning

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The rules on foreigners’ right to acquire ownership of agricultural land in Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian law

Dudás

2022

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The paper gives an overview of the rules on the acquisition of ownership of agricultural land by foreigners in Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia. Slovenia and Croatia initiated their accession to the European Union at different times and under different conditions, while Serbia is not yet a member state of the Union, but has been a candidate country for several years, and the harmonization of its national law with the acquis communautaire has been under way for some time. These circumstances determine the right of foreigners, in particular natural persons and legal entities from the European Union, to acquire ownership of agricultural land in these countries. In Slovenia non-EU natural persons and legal entities cannot acquire ownership of agricultural land. In contrast, Slovenia opened its real estate market rather early to EU citizens and legal entities. Only the Association Agreement provided for a transitional period of four years during which they could not acquire ownership of agricultural land. From 2003 onwards, citizens and legal entities from the EU are entitled to acquire land ownership without restriction. The Accession Treaty prescribed no moratorium. Similarly to Slovenia, non-EU natural persons and legal entities may not acquire ownership of agricultural land in Croatia either. The Accession Treaty provided for a seven-year moratorium on the acquisition of ownership of agricultural land by EU citizens and legal entities. The primary moratorium expired on 30 June 2020. However, the EU Commission approved an extension of the moratorium for another three years. Thus, EU citizens and legal entities are still unable to acquire ownership of agricultural land until 30 June 2023. Foreigners’ right to acquire ownership of agricultural land is in general excluded in Serbian law as well. The Stabilization and Association Agreement from 2008 provided for the liberalization of the real estate and land markets for EU citizens and legal entities. However, in 2017 the Serbian legislature amended the Act on Agricultural Land only few days before the expiry of the moratorium on ownership included in the Stabilization and Association Agreement. Nominally, the amendments were intended to introduce explicit regulation on the right of EU citizens and legal entities to acquire ownership of agricultural land, as required by the Stabilization and Association Agreement. However, instead of extending the same conditions applicable to the domestic natural persons and legal entities to those from the EU, the legislator specified additional set of conditions applicable only to the latter. It, in fact, excludes legal entities from the right to acquire property, as they cannot be registered family farmers, and makes the right of natural persons subject to conditions that effectively exclude their acquisition of ownership by 1 September 2027 due to the calculation of deadlines.

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Acquisition of Agricultural Land by Foreigners and Family Agricultural Holdings in Croatia

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Croatian land acquisition rules after the expiry of the EU moratorium

Croatian land acquisition rules after the expiry of the EU moratorium

The rules on foreigners’ right to acquire ownership of agricultural land in Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian law

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