A Slovenian citizen has been given the green light by the Croatian Justice Ministry to purchase a property in Croatia in a move that puts an end to the recent dispute over real estate reciprocity for Slovenia.
Croatian Deputy Justice Minister Boris Koketi told STA on Thursday that a Slovenian citizen was given the go-ahead to buy the property in line with the principle of subsidiarity that was implemented at the end of March.
Croatia has to open its property market to EU citizens before 2009 in line with obligations it assumed in negotiations for full-fledged membership, but there were problems establishing reciprocity with Slovenia, which delayed full implementation.
It took until 26 March this year, when the two countries exchanged diplomatic notes to that effect, that reciprocity was formally established.
According to Koketi, Slovenians have so far filed 888 requests for property purchases, all of which had been denied due to limitations in Slovenian legislation until reciprocity was formally confirmed on 26 March.
Koketi could not say how fast the requests would be processed, as they are treated on a case-by-case basis.
Slovenian Ambassador to Croatia Milan Adamic Orozen meanwhile told a Croatian radio station that Slovenia had confirmed three of the 17 requests filed by Croatian citizens who want to purchase property in Slovenia.
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