§ 54

Rent can be freely determined by the parties' agreement in the following tenancies:

1)Tenancies concerning residential apartments in properties taken into use after December 31, 1991.

2)Tenancies concerning residential apartments that, on December 31, 1991, or before this date, were lawfully used exclusively for or lawfully arranged exclusively for business purposes, cf. the rules in Chapter VII of the previously applicable law on temporary regulation of housing conditions.

3)Tenancies concerning newly arranged residential apartments or newly arranged single rooms in an attic, which on September 1, 2002, were not used for or registered as residential. The same applies to apartments and single rooms in newly constructed floors, for which a building permit was granted after July 1, 2004. In connection with the arrangement of housing in the attic, the landlord may, with six weeks' notice, take over attic space if the tenant is provided with other rooms usable for the agreed purpose.

Stk. 2.For tenancies covered by Stk. 1, nos. 2 and 3, it is a condition for the rent to be freely determined that it is stated in the lease agreement that the tenancy is covered by these provisions.

Stk. 3.Rent increases for tenancies where the rent is freely determined by the parties' agreement, cf. Stk. 1, can be demanded based on an agreement to adjust the rent according to the net price index and can be implemented solely by the landlord's written notice to the tenant.