Department 44 - Indemnification and Compensation
The Ministry exercises the powers of the Ministry given by Act No. 403/1990 Coll. and Act No. 42/1992 Coll. in the matter of the agenda of settlement of claims of cooperatives in connection with the surrender of real estate pursuant to Act No. 403/1990 Coll. and Act No. 87/1991 Coll. It ensures the competence of the Ministry as defined by Act No.403/1990 Coll. and Act No.87/1991 Coll. concerning in particular the agenda of providing monetary and financial compensation and the return of purchase prices. It handles the agenda of inquiries about property left in the Czech Republic by foreigners. It takes care of the agenda for the payment of compensation for insured deposits of credit union members incurred until 31 March 2006 and other residual agenda of the abolished Credit Union Hedge Fund. It ensures the competence of the Ministry resulting from Section 19 of the Decree of the President of the Republic No. 95/1945 Coll. It performs the functions of the former Property Office and its legal predecessors. It carries out national settlements of interstate property law agreements, including the settlement of claims and obligations of citizens of the Czech Republic under securities, the administration and liquidation of claims and obligations taken over from monetary institutions, enterprises and financial administrations, the settlement of claims under Decree No. 61/1986 Coll. and the administration and liquidation of property estates. It conducts administrative proceedings and, in terms of organisation and administration, ensures the activities of the committees for administrative proceedings on appeals against decisions of the Ministry concerning the competence of the Department. It cooperates with the Office for Government Representation in Property Affairs in the matter of property for which, on the basis of Government Resolution No 796 of 27 June 2008, the competence to manage was transferred from the Ministry to the OGRPA and property for which the competence to manage was transferred from the Ministry to the OGRPA pursuant to Act No 153/2009 Coll.; it carries out the residual agenda related to this property. It carries out property law activities and administration related to state property that is not administered by other departments of the Ministry within the scope of its competence. It handles the agenda in the area of claims based on the Constitutional Court's ruling No. 278/2004 Coll. The Department carries out legislative activities in the field of the compensation agenda. It manages and keeps records of the files. It comprehensively handles claims for compensation for damage caused in the exercise of public authority pursuant to Act No. 82/1998 Coll. and compensation pursuant to Act No. 94/2021 Coll. It represents the State and the Ministry in its agendas before the courts and administrative authorities.
Units
- Unit 4401 – Compensation and Claims Settlement
- Unit 4402 – Compensation for Damages