The aim of this paper is to research the process of compulsory acquisition of land and its fixtures in the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline project in Albania from the perspective of the affected persons. The legislation of Albania as well as international principles concerning compulsory acquisition of property was analysed. Examined also was the process of how legal and institutional framework is applied in determining adequate compensation to landowners who are mostly small rural farmers.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2017Albania, Latvia
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Library ResourceRegulationsAlbania, Europe, Southern Europe
This Regulation establishes the obligation to fully and immediately compensate damages caused to the Pasture Fund. Such compensation includes: (i) the real value of the damage caused to the pasture, meadow or any other infrastructural objects; (ii) the cost of turning the situation into its preliminary status.
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Library ResourceRegulationsAlbania, Europe, Southern Europe
This Decree amends Decree No. 1254 establishing compensation to former landowners. It consists of 9 articles specifying the compensations for: touristic areas, agricultural, occupied and non-occupied lands. The amendments concern: the procedure for issuing compensations, the required documents, the surface and price; priorities and the case in which such compensation is allowed.
Amended by: Law No. 8084 amending Decree No. 1359 on land compensation. (1996-03-07)
Amends: Decree No. 1254 for the compensation of the ex-owners of lands. (1995-10-19) -
Library ResourceLegislationAlbania, Europe, Southern Europe
This Law amends Decree No. 1359 on land compensation. Amendments establish that land surface (until 10.000 square meters) must be done in 2 steps (not exceeding 5.000 square meters each). Types of land benefiting from compensation are specified in the text.
Amends: Decree No. 1359 amending Decree No. 1254 establishing compensation to former landowners. (1996-02-05)
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Library ResourceLegislationAlbania, Europe, Southern Europe
This Law lays down several amendments and addenda to Law No. 8934 on environmental protection. In particular, it adds new definitions such as “integrated environmental permit”, “accident”, “environmental threat”, “environmental risk” , “climate change”, “clean development mechanisms”. The Law establishes the environmental cadastre under the Agency of Environment and Forestry to identify the pollution and the damages of the environment and its elements. The cadastre is the database of all the quantitative and qualitative indicators, pollution sources and the polluted areas.
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Library ResourceLegislationAlbania, Europe, Southern Europe
This Law establishes the framework on environmental protection, which aims at: (a) the rational use of natural resources; (b) the prevention of environmental damage and, when necessary, the rehabilitation and restoration of damaged environment; and (c) the international cooperation in the field of environmental protection.
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Library ResourceRegulationsAlbania, Europe, Southern Europe
This Decree establishes the compensation of the ex-owners of lands. It consists of 8 articles specifying that the compensation to be given to the ex-owners (including agricultural lands, touristic lands and urban lands) depends on the land extension. Conditions for benefeting from these compensation programme are established in the text.
Amended by: Decree No. 1359 amending Decree No. 1254 establishing compensation to former landowners. (1996-02-05)
Repealed by: Law No. 9235 on restitution and compensation of property. (2004-07-29) -
Library ResourceMarch, 2013Albania
Reducing poverty continues to be one of
the main priorities of the Government of Albania. Currently,
Albania has an ample platform to provide social protection
to its citizens through social insurance, social assistance
and employment programs. However, these programs are not
efficiently linked to each other, which can lead to unclear
and occasionally overlapping roles among the programs. Among
these social protection programs, Ndihma Ekonomike (NE) is -
Library ResourceJanuary, 2013Albania, Global
Despite several attempts at reform,
immovable property rights in Albania are not adequately
secure and represent an important governance challenge.
Problems have resulted from incomplete first title
registration, the lack of accurate cadastral records, and,
in many cases, the absence of reliable evidence of
ownership. Although Albania has adopted legislation calling
for restitution or compensation for owners whose property -
Library ResourceLegislationAlbania, Europe, Southern Europe
The object of this Law is: (a) the just regulation of the issues of property rights that have arisen from expropriation, nationalization, or confiscation; (b) restitution and compensation, whenever restitution is not possible; (c) the procedures for accomplishing restitution and compensation of property and the administrative bodies charged with its completion.
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