Land Expropriation Act Article 57

When carrying out an undertaking provided in Article 3 herein, the land use applicant may negotiate with the landowners to reach an agreement on the acquisition of superficies on the needed space if its undertaking has to pass through the private lands from above or underneath. The provisions regulating the acquisition of superficies for expropriation shall, mutatis mutandis, apply when no agreement could be reached. However the place and method which will cause the least injury to the landowner shall be chosen.If the land referred to in the preceding paragraph is no longer suitable for certain use due to the implementation of the undertaking, the landowners may, from the day the construction works commence, up to one year after the completion of the construction work, request the land use applicant to expropriate the ownership of the land, to which the applicant may not refuse.The consideration originally received by the landowner for the creation of superficies referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be deducted from the compensation for land value.Rules governing the compensation for superficies shall be prescribed jointly by the central competent authority in charge of the relevant industry and the Central Competent Authority.