Presidential Decree No. 58 on some arrangements for the protection of property rights in the process of expropriation of land plots for public needs.

The President decrees that land plots can be allotted by local self-government for public needs exclusively after expropriation thereof from former land tenant, landowner, landlord or lessee in accordance with legislation on protection and tenure of land and the provisions of this Presidential Decree. Unjustified expropriation of land plots shall be prohibited. In case of expropriation of land plot the person allotted land plot expropriated for public needs shall compensate damages and losses to the former landowners or land tenants.