New Regime For The Commercial Lease In Luxembourg

In a first vote on 17 January 2018, the Chamber of Deputies adopted a new law amending the commercial lease regime (Bill n°6864). This new law aims to promote commercial activity and improve the protection of merchants, in particular by:

limiting the rental guarantee to 6 months; prohibiting the practice of "key money"; prohibiting sublease rents higher than the main rent (an exception is foreseen for investments made by the main tenant); guaranteeing a renewal of the fixed-term lease during the first 9 years (except in a few specific situations) - after these 9 years the landlord may refuse provided that he pays an eviction indemnity; granting the tenant a postponement of eviction of 1 to 9 months, but only under certain conditions; and introducing a...

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