English Translation

-2- These proposals, drawn up by the representatives of the two sides of the alcohol industry, were not approved by the statistical bodies of the Spitirus Sales Association in Prague, because the Slovak Finance Minister prohibited the repayment of a loan of 8.45 million K belonging to the association's assets, which the Spirit Sales Association of Prague in 1935 prohibited the Association of Agricultural Resources. Since the direct negotiations between the representatives of the alcohol industry have been blocked for this reason, the Slovak Ministry of Finance wrote in its letter of 4 July 1985 to the Commission on the application of the principle of equal treatment for men and women. The German Ministry of State in Prague has agreed to comply with this request. It is now up to the German and Slovak government representatives to clarify the facts and to propose a solution to the private-law dispute that is acceptable to the two sides of the alcohol economy. In the subsequent negotiations, the German government representatives took the following view: the assets of the Spiritsverkaufsvereinigung, which the representatives of the alcohol industry valued at 15.6 million K, included the demand of 8.45 million K against the association of the local cooperatives in Bratislava. As long as the Association of Agricultural Com panies refuses repayment in Luxembourg, only that part of the assets of 15,6 million K can be divided which results from the deduction of the disputed 8,45 million K. The decision on the claim of 8.45 million must be left to a dispute, since the interim committees are not entitled to intervene in the private claims. If the valuation of the assets of Slovakia's Spirituswirts is not recognised by the representatives of the Slovak authorities, there is the possibility that the value of the property on the 1 5th day of the year may not be recognized. In this case, it will be possible to use only the value which, according to the present state of the negotiations, is binding. On the other hand, the Slovak government representatives argued that the agreement provided for by the representatives of the alcohol industry was independent of the disputed issue of the loan. The sum of 15.6 million K used by the representatives of the alcohol industry was a lump sum agreed upon after a much higher valuation of the assets to be shared by Slovakia had previously been required (42 million K). The agreement was therefore to be approved, since the receipt of the 8,45 Mi was in no way intended to constitute the condition for the authorisation, the amount of 8.45 Mio K was not an ordinary loan from the Spirit Sales Association in Prague to the Association of Agricultural Cooperatives in Bratislava, but a contribution for the purpose of rehabilitating 4 warehouse cooperatives. In the first place, it had been assumed that the alcohol sales association in Prague had its own place of disposal for the purpose of carrying out this reorganization.