Provision is made for miscellaneous claims and adjustments ( 50,000).

This global approach was suited to the specifics of category C claims processing, as category C claims are subject to mass claims processing procedures and are not subject to extensive individual review or claim development.

Mr. Marcus Cox Senior Legal Adviser, Commission for Real Property Claims

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In twofive of the individual claims identified as potentially overlapping with E4 claims, the Panel considers that the claim wass were not overlapping as the individual claimant was weres claiming losses that were related to the E4 claimant companies but were not overlapping losses (for example, where the individual claimant is seeking compensation for a loss of salary or management fee from the E4 claimant).

One claim in the sixth instalment was found to be a duplicate of a claim awarded compensation in the fifth instalment.

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Where the entire claim has been withdrawn, it has not been processed.

All of the individual Palestinian claims in this instalment have been determined by the Palestinian Panel of Commissioners to be eligible for inclusion in the late claims programme, since those claimants have established that they did not have a full and effective opportunity to file claims with the Commission within its regular filing period for individual claims.

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JordanTwo claims reported in the second instalment were found to be duplicates of claims also reported in the same instalment.

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In the fifth instalment of category A claims, four claims were found to be duplicates of claims previously awarded compensation.

As stated above, the eligible category D Palestinian late claims have a higher incidence of loss types and higher amounts claimed than claims in the regular category D claims programme, giving rise to a potential risk of overstatement of the claims.

The Panel reviewed the statistical data indicating that these claimants claimed more frequently for business losses and for substantially higher amounts than claimants in the regular category D claims programme.

The Panel considers that these features of the claims population give rise to a potential risk of overstatement of the claims.

A preliminary examination of these claims revealed that some, but not all, of the Kuwaiti companies in issue had filed claims with the Commission, which were being processed as E4 claims.

A total of 37 confirmed matches were identified, which related either to claims filed by the same claimant within the bedoun programme or to claims filed by the same claimant in different claim categories.

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Concerning the issue of duplicate claims, the secretariat indicated that it was aware of the risk of duplicate claims from the outset of claims processing and took steps to identify and eliminate such claims during the course of claims processing.

Where claimants state on their claim forms that their business is located in either Iraq or Kuwait, the claim is not individually reviewed but electronically processed.

(i) ABCC claims reviewed processed

(b) In four cases, the claim form was not signed by the claimant

In accordance with Governing Council decision 21, claimants who filed category C late claims but who selected the higher lump sum amounts on their category A claim forms are deemed to have selected the lower amounts.

Specifically, the secretariat, in valuing the claimant's D6 (loss of income) claim, incorrectly treated it as a duplicate of the claimant's C6 (salary loss) claim, resulting in an erroneous reduction of the amount of compensation awarded to the claimant for his C6 claim.

The claim of the Palestinian claimant is now before the Panel.

SudanOne claim originally reported in the fourth instalment was found to be a duplicate of a claim also reported in the same instalment.

While the claimants in this instalment claimed for D2 and D3 losses more frequently than claimants in the regular category D claims programme and asserted higher claimed amounts, 103 of the 117 claims are not recommended for compensation as the claimants failed to prove the essential requirements of ownership, loss or causation.

With respect to the D1 departure claims, the Panel noted that the data indicated that claimants in this instalment claimed for this loss type more frequently than claimants in the regular claims programme and had higher average and median claimed amounts and higher average and median recommended awards.

Overall, there are 31,31,70 claims that the Panel has determined to be ineligible for inclusion in the late claims programme because the claimants failed to provide satisfactory reasons for late filing.

As the Council has previously been informed, the processing of all claims in categories A and B has already been completed.