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Our experts answer two vital questions for your life in Belgium: on retirement issues and the dos and don'ts of the residential lease.Re: registration of a lease contract
Dear Sir/Madam,
In the past it was recommended that you as a tenant should register the lease contract of your appartement/house. Somebody told me that due to a change in the law this now became responsilility of a landlord. Is it true?
Kind regards,
Leena Koivu-Kulmala
Dear Madam,
I refer to your email of 13 February 2008 with regard to your question regarding the registration of a residential lease contract.
I hereby confirm that it is indeed correct to state that it is up to the landlord to register new residential lease contracts as from 1 January 2007 whereas before the registration of such residential lease contract was an obligation of both parties (tenant and landlord). The registration itself for these contracts is for free as from 1 January 2007.
The landlord must register new residential lease contracts within two months after signing the contract by both parties. Ongoing residential lease contracts which are signed by both parties before 1 January 2007, should have been registered (for free) before 1 July 2007. A fine of 25 EUR is due in case the landlord did not register the residential lease contract within due time (i.e. 1 July 2007).
By lack of registration of a residential lease contract by 1 July 2007 and as long as this residential lease contract has not been registered, the tenant can terminate the residential lease contract at any time without having to respect any notice period or indemnity. This sanction is however not applicable to concluded residential lease contracts for a determined period of maximum three years.
I hope that this answer meets your requirements.
Kind regards,
Olivier Malisse
Re: temporary resident permit requirements are difficult
Belgian-born, I lost my citizeship years ago but re-applied. This required 2 years residence in Belgium
[as a "foreigner"]. If at all possible, this is the best way to return as you are free of any restrictions imposed on foreigners... and you do not lose your other nationality.
PLEASE remove my reaction and name and address as I get numerous lurid suggestions from foreign ladies.
ps :and this one also.
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