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Book 2 · Law of obligations  ›  Subtitle 3 · Leases of other things and digital products › Section 578

Leases of plots of land and premises

(1) The provisions of sections 550, 554, 562 to 562d, 566 to 567b as well as 570 are to be applied accordingly to leases of plots of land.

(2) The provisions cited in subsection (1) as well as section 552 (1), section 555a (1) to (3), sections 555b and 555c (1) to (4), section 555d (1) to (6), section 555e (1) and (2), section 555f and section 569 (2) are to be applied accordingly to leases for spaces not constituting residential premises. Section 556c subsections (1) and (2), as well as the statutory instrument issued on the basis of section 556c (3), are to be applied accordingly; deviating agreements are permissible. If the premises are intended for human occupancy, section 569 (2) likewise applies accordingly.

(3) The provisions set out in subsections (1) and (2) as well as sections 557, 557a (1) to (3) and (5), section 557b (1) to (3) and (5), sections 558 to 559d, 561, 568 (1), section 569 (3) to (5), sections 573 to 573d, 575, 575a (1), (3) and (4), sections 577 and 577a are to be applied accordingly to leases for spaces that were concluded by a legal person under public law or a recognised welfare organisation under private sponsorship for the purpose of making the spaces available to persons in urgent need of accommodation. In addition to the grounds set out in section 575 (1) sentence 1, such leases may be concluded for a fixed term, also if the lessor intends to use the spaces, following expiry of the lease period, for public tasks in its remit or which are assigned to it.

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