Rules about the lease were part of a great government bill on urgent measures for combating the effects of the pandemic coronavirus.
adopted In the first reading version of the tenants, whose incomes fell by more than 50%, wanted to give the right to unilaterally terminate leases without payment of fines and penalties. Landlords, under the old version had the return of their security Deposit. In connection with a large number of landlords (they are warned of the serious risks), the Chairman of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin has promised a revision of the bill. To prepare amendments second reading of the bill had previously postponed a week.
the Government has proposed a compromise in the new amendments to the second reading. In addition, members also made their amendments.
What happened in the edited version? Was excluded the rate of decline in revenue by more than 50%. Now the bill applies to tenants relating to small and medium businesses. The second point – the scope of activities of these entrepreneurs should be the most affected by the coronavirus industries.
These businesses will be able to demand that the landlord reduce the rent for a period of up to one year on an inmate prior to the introduction of mode isolation contract. A new update is here: right is granted only in respect of buildings, constructions, uninhabited premises, or parts thereof, used by the entrepreneur to carry out its activities. Such clarification should have been done since the law came and lease payments on aircraft, ships, etc. “an Oil derrick, by the way, also fall under this bill,” explained one of the authors of new amendments, the head of the Committee on budget and taxes Andrey Makarov.
Another one added caveat – the tenant and the landlord are given two weeks to negotiate. If within 14 working days from the date of execution the parties fail to agree on reducing the amount of payment or otherwise change the terms of the contract, it will be possible to terminate the lease. It can be done not later than October 1 of the current year.
it is Important that the tenant does not need to reimburse the owner lost profits. However, the security Deposit will remain with landlord.
Now the law is balanced, summed up Andrey Makarov.
– It allows us to solve real problems of small business, entrepreneurs – he explained, – and, most importantly, to solve the problems of men in order to change this situation did not affect the prices of those goods which now they have to buy in retail chains located in shopping malls.
Not all the amendments from deputies entered the text when the law was passed in the third reading, they will summarize and take the form of an order. It bude�� “sent to the government, to ministries and departments also examined them, and took into account in its work”, said the head of the lower house. “Now it is important not to miss any of the common proposals for the support of the citizens and business”, – said Vyacheslav Volodin.
