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Article 2

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(a)

If the claim appears to comply with the following conditions:

(i)

that at the date at which the claim is made the claimant is qualified under Article 4 of this Order; and

(ii)

that the claim relates to British property or interests in property which may have been affected by a Roumanian measure;

the claim shall be registered, and, in such manner as Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs may direct, the Commission shall report upon any claims so registered.

(b)

If Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs so directs, it shall then be recorded in respect of all or any of such claims, whether there is, prima facie, reason to suppose:

(i)

that by or under any Roumanian measure, the claimant or his predecessor in title (as defined in Article 6 of this Order) has been deprived of title to, or enjoyment of, property or an interest in property, which was British at the relevant date (as defined in Article 9) or has, by action taken under the authority of such a measure, been deprived of the legal right thereto; and

(ii)

that the claimant of his predecessor in title, or the estate of which he or his predecessor in title is or was a trustee or trustees, has suffered a loss as the result of such deprivation,

and, in the case of every claim where there is, prima facie, reason to suppose that the claimant has established, or can establish, the facts referred to in sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this paragraph, there shall also be recorded an assessment of the loss.

(c)

The Commission shall report upon claims recorded in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Article in such manner as Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs shall direct.