law ». On the basis of Article 20 of the Real Rights Code of the 12th February 1965, no one can be deprived of his property, except for public use, and this in the cases and under the conditions provided for by the law and in return, in good time, for a fair compensation for its compulsory purchase. 270. By virtue of the provisions of the law no 76-85 of 11th August 1976 on the expropriation for public use, the Public Service can, in exchange for fair compensation, resort to the expropriation of individuals for public benefit. The expropriation is done by Decree following numerous procedures intended to establish the public requirement and the need to resort to expropriation after exhaustion of the other means such as purchase or exchange. 271. The law guarantees individuals the possibility of bringing their case before the Administrative Tribunal against the Expropriation Decree if the latter is stained by any defect whatever. The competent court, bound by the provisions of the above mentioned law and by the expectations of the Parties, always tries to fix fair compensation for the expropriation and tries to make a fair estimate of the value of the expropriated property. 272. In the matter of property disputes, law n° 95-10 of 23rd January 1995 was promulgated amending and completing certain provisions of the Real Rights Code. This law comprises a certain number of rules aimed at simplifying the procedures to be followed before the property court. 273. During the period covered by this Report, the State continuously pursued its action on the protection of the right to property by improving the system of property registration and by better refining the arrangements relating to the registration of the right to property on the landownership register. I- The registration of property 274. The system of property registration allows the preservation of the property assets from all forms of appropriation and by protecting it from all risks of prescription and by preventing the appropriation through occupation of the premises for as long as necessary. The registration of property is done through the property tribunal. The Tunisian legislator has made provision for the possibility of appealing against the rulings made by this tribunal in accordance with the principles of justice and equity, and in sanctioning the primacy of the right to property on the procedures likely to threaten the enjoyment of this right. II - Arrangements relating to the registration of the right to property in the Property Register. 275. Apart from the fact of entrusting the drafting of laws and agreements subjected to the registration on the Property Register exclusively to specialized institutions (Article 377 bis of the Real Rights Code), the arrangements relating to the registration of the right to property on the property register consists, notably, in the progressive application of the principle of the constitutive effect of the registration as outlined in the law n° 2000-91 of 31st October 2000 and in the delivery of the title deed as provided for by Article 364 of the Real Rights Code. 61