According to the “Young Barristers”, on the basis of the information, obtained from the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, the tendency of the property right concession to the State on behalf of the citizens, is obvious. Different kinds of properties were voluntary transferred from their owners to the Government by means of different legal agreements including gift contracts, concessions or abandonments. The results of the monitoring tell, that during 2004-2012, 369 properties were transferred to the State as a gift, without any charge and 1941 units - by abandonments and other legal means. Thus, the Government gained right to dispose of 2310 properties. Besides, the research shows, that, the citizens have voluntary given up the company shares and stocks to the State ownership 150 times and the State became the owner of 864 cars during 2004-2012 . In total, 5634 properties were transferred to the State during the period mentioned above.
The “Young Barristers” has also requested the following information from the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia: how many citizens have given up their property to the State ownership by means of gifts or abandonments or other legal means during the period from October 1 , 2012 until 2014. In the letter of response we can read, that, “information , in the National Agency of State Property, regarding the facts of property concessions to the State by the individuals, in the form of gifts, grants or other legal means, as well as the abandonments, which would be registered as the state property, is not available”.
For more information: the organization “Young Barristers” requested public information regarding the issue from the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, on December 15, 2014. The National Agency for the State Property has fully provided requested information by December 31, 2014. By April 27, 2015, the organization has studied and analyzed the whole information submitted to it.
