English Translation

The application of the procedure for expropriation, as expressly prescribed by § 1 (2) of the V0 of April 11, 1940, makes it possible to interpret § 6 aaO in an up-to-date manner. The latter must also take up so far as the government decides, according to the wording of § 6, if an agreement is not reached between the participating central authorities. It is clear that in a dispute between a Reichs- and a Protectorate Ministry, the last word cannot be given to the regulation of the Protectorate. The born mediator between Reich= and Protectorate interests is rather the Reich Protector. Should there be any doubt about this, the Reichsprotector must, according to § 2 paragraph 3 of the V0. of April 11, 1940, transfer the possibility of rights, powers and tasks of the organs of the Protectorate to other places and thus also to draw on them. II. The following objections could be raised against the above view: 1. The provision of § 6 aaO. is only applicable in the case of a transfer of assets within the Protectorate administration, which is merely the transfer of the administration within the same subject-matter of law. On the other hand, a change of ownership is excluded (according to the Ministry of Finance, Group Finance and Group I W in the letter to the Reichsführer SS dated April 12, 1941).These statements must be countered by the fact that they do not take sufficient account of the transition of defence tasks to the empire and the V0. of April 11, 1940. 2. According to an order of the Reichsprotektor, all