Act on the conversion of private mining rights into public rights. Country/Territory Germany Document type Legislation Date 1942 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Mineral resources Keyword Minerals Mining Authorization/permit Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Act establishes that private mining rights shall be converted into public ones. At the entry into force of the present Act, the private mining rights shall pass to the Prussian State. The exact date of conversion shall be fixed by the Minister of Enconomics in accordance with the Finance Minister. No compensation will be granted unless this has been previously been established in a contract. The text consists of 6 articles. Full text German Website www.bmj.de