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Law No. 10 On 9 May 1968 Concerning The Management Of The Housing Stock And The Regulation Of Relations Between Landlords And Tenants

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 10 din 9 mai 1968 privind administrarea fondului locativ şi reglementarea raporturilor dintre proprietari şi chiriaşi

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LEGE no. 10 10 of 9 May 1968 on the management of the housing stock and the regulation of relations between the owners
ISSUER GREAT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Published in OFFICIAL BULLETIN no. 57 57-58 of 9 May 1968



EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM To carry out the tasks outlined by the Decision of the Plenary of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party of 5-6 October 1967 on the development of housing construction, improvement of the administration and maintenance of the fund housing and the new rent regime, the adjoining law on the administration of housing stock and the regulation of relations between landlords and tenants was adopted. The law includes the main rules on housing, based on the principles of the Decision of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party of 5-6 October 1967. In the new regulation, the regime of cloud and distribution is maintained at the housing areas that are part of the state housing, cooperative and public housing fund. Housing in the state housing stock is administered by enterprises organized on the principle of own economic management, subordinated to the executive committees of the popular councils. The distribution of the state housing stock is made by the executive committees of the popular councils of the municipalities, the sectors of Bucharest, cities and communes. Dwellings built from investment funds centralised and destined by the state plan to ministries, other central bodies or their subordinate organisations, nominated for the new more important objectives, shall be allocated only to employees nominally indicated by the beneficiary organisations of these dwellings. The lease for these homes constitutes an accessory to the employment contract. The homes built by enterprises and state economic organizations, from their funds, will be distributed by the respective organizations, and only to their employees. To avoid increased crowding in large cities it is forbidden to assign housing to families or people who do not reside in these cities. The law stipulates that the decision of the Council of Ministers will determine the large cities, the number of persons who can be brought to these cities by employment or transfer, as well as the rules on these employment or transfers. In order to prevent situations of groundless evacuation of some residents, in the law it is stipulated that no person can be evicted from the legally owned home. The main residents and those who live together with them can be evicted-by decisions of the courts-without assigning other housing areas, when: they cause significant damage to the home, the building in which it is located, their facilities and accessories, as well as any other goods related to them, or alienate without right parts thereof; by their behavior they make it impossible to live together for other tenants in the same apartment or building, or prevents the normal use of the home by other residents; the home was obtained as a result of the enjoyment of the crime of filodorma or other crimes; do not pay for three consecutive months the rent or share of their expenses, according to the legal provisions. The law maintains the housing norm of 8 sqm for each person. The habitable surface that exceeds the housing norm constitutes the surplus area. The decision of the Council of Ministers will determine the categories of persons entitled to an undistributed surplus area, with the corresponding increase of the rent according to the provisions of the law. The basic rate of the monthly rent for the habitable area is 1.80-2.70 lei/mp; for the area of outbuildings, of 0.36-1 lei/mp; for the area of the garden and the court an annual rate of 1 leu/sqm is provided. This tariff, divided into five categories, is fair because it comes more in support of low-and middle-wage earners. The basic rate of rent is unique throughout the country, whether the locality is urban or rural or if the home is the property of the state, of a cooperative or public organization, or of a natural person. Taking into account the basic tariff, the rent is determined according to the tariff salary or the tenant's pension. For tenants who are not employees and no pensioners, the rates set for employees with over 1,600 lei salary are applied. The law stipulates that when the home is occupied by a family in which there are several employees or pensioners, the rent calculation is made on the basis of the monthly tariff salary or the highest pension. As for the members of the handicraft cooperatives, they are assimilated with the employees. A 30% increase is applied to the basic rent of rent for homes with central heating or gas to the stove. For dwellings devoid of water, canal, electricity and for those built from lower construction materials as: sparse, adobe, wood, it is foreseen to reduce by 10% the basic rent tariff and by 15% for the rooms located in the basement or in the attic directly under the roof. People who receive social assistance, those unable to work because of old age or illness and lack of material means, as well as students without income other than the scholarship, who live alone, are to pay the rent calculated at the rate of the base provided for the salary or pension of up to 800 lei. According to the Decision of the Plenium of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party, in order to ensure the timely collection of rents for state property dwellings and to avoid the loss of time occasioned by their payment, the detention is provided rent on the payroll, by the socialist organizations where the tenants have their job. The method of withholding rent will be stipulated in the lease. The law provided for the main obligations of landlords and tenants in connection with maintenance, repair and use of homes. Between the provisions on housing built from the own funds of enterprises and state economic organizations, the law provides that the lease for these homes is an accessory to the employment contract. If the employment contract ceases on the initiative or the fault of the employees, they are obliged to issue the home within 6 months. As far as personal property is concerned, according to the regulations adopted, the personal property apartment used for the use of its owner and family is not subject to cloud and distribution. The owner has the right to rent part of his apartment, including in the form of furnished room. By law it is established that at the request of the owners who want to occupy their personal property apartments, the executive committees of the popular councils of the municipalities, the sectors of Bucharest, cities and communes will support solving these requests within 2 years, apportioning tenants who own the respective dwellings, either the dwellings offered instead by the owners or other dwellings from the state housing stock, in compliance with the provisions on normalization housing areas. In order to create conditions for the maintenance of housing in the state housing stock, in the law it is stipulated that in buildings with several apartments or by groups of buildings, the main residents constitute housing associations that deal with good The management of the common parts and facilities, the collection of quotas and the performance of common expenses and the promotion of a just attitude towards the public wealth and norms of socialist coexistence. The housing areas with a destination other than that of dwelling, used as offices, are still subject to the clouds, establishing that for each employee with office work will be used an average area of up to 5 sqm calculated on the whole unit, except those working on the board, as well as some categories of employees that will be determined by decision of the Council of Ministers, for which the average area is up to 6 sqm. The adopted tariffs did not follow most of the rents that were collected so far for surfaces with other destination than that of dwelling, but more a retrenchment of them. The rent related to the workshops of authorized craftsmen who work on their own is increased from 1.50 to 3 lei/mp; the increase of these tariffs is necessary as the tariffs to date did not fully cover the expenses of administration of these housing areas. As a result, the basic rate of monthly rent for housing areas with other destination than that of dwelling is from 2.50 to 8 lei/sqm, depending on the nature of the tenant's activity and the locality where the building is located. The law stipulates that the basic rate of monthly rent is increased by 30% for housing areas with other destination than that of dwelling, equipped with central heating or gas to the stoves. For buildings devoid of water, canal, electricity installations, a reduction of 10% is foreseen. For the housing areas used for offices located in the basement or in the attic directly under the roof and which were not intended by construction of this purpose, a reduction of 15% is also provided. For the housing areas used for commercial, industrial and service purposes, located in rural localities, a reduction of 30% is provided for the tariffs provided for cities. For the housing area used by the invalids cooperatives a reduction of the basic rent tariff by 50% is provided. By law, a unitary rent calculation regime was introduced, removing the system so far that was cumbersome and complicated, determining large variations of rent from one locality to another. So for example, for areas rented for industrial, commercial purposes, services and deposits, the average rent per sqm, in Bucharest, was 8.53 lei, in Constanta municipality of 5.86 lei, in Suceava County of 4.22 lei, and in Arges county of 3,20 lei. The reestablishment and establishment of new rates for renting housing areas with a destination other than that of housing also ensure in the future the profitability of this activity, and the benefits that are obtained will generally be close to the level of until now. According to the provisions of the law, the housing stock of the cooperative or public organizations is subject to the cloud, and the distribution of housing is done by these organizations, properly applying the provisions of the law. Since the regulation of the use of buildings by the diplomatic offices presents special aspects, it is stipulated that this problem be solved by the decision of the Council of Ministers. The Act provides that any disputes concerning its application shall be settled by the courts, except those expressly given in the jurisdiction of other bodies. Violations of the provisions of the law that constitute housing crimes are punishable by law. The new regulation of the management of the housing stock and the relations between the owners and tenants comes into force on July 1, 1968. The Great National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Romania adopts this law. + Chapter I General provisions + Article 1 The housing state housing fund is managed by enterprises organized on the principle of own economic management, subordinated to the executive committees of the popular councils. The distribution of the state housing stock with the destination of housing is made by the executive committees of the popular councils of the municipalities, the sectors of Bucharest, cities and communes. The state housing stock built from the own funds of enterprises and state economic organizations shall be administered and distributed by them. + Article 2 The housing area with the home destination includes the habitable surface and the dependencies. The habitable surface means the surface of the rooms which, determined as such by their construction, serve for the living, including the hallways and the passing rooms. The outbuildings are understood the rooms that serve the habitable surface, namely: the vestibule, the entree, the porch, the veranda, the aisle, the kitchen, the kitchenette, the office, the pantry, the bathroom room, the closet, the laundry room, the drying room, the cellar, the basement box, the shed in wall, as well as the logy and covered terrace. + Article 3 By dwelling, for the purposes of this law, it is understood the habitable surface composed of one or more rooms, which may have outbuildings, and determined as such by the order of distribution and by the lease agreement. The apartment comprises one or more dwellings forming a housing unit in its own right, determined as such by its construction. Homes in the same apartment can have hallways, passing rooms and shared outbuildings. The separate room means that room that does not serve the passage for the residents, for the entrance or exit or for the use of the dependencies. + Article 4 The dwelling area with a destination other than that of dwelling includes the housing area necessary to carry out economic, social-cultural, administrative or public activity and related dependencies. + Article 5 The main tenant is the natural or legal person of the tenancy contract. The owner who lives in his apartment is assimilated with the main tenant. + Chapter II Normation and distribution of housing from the state housing stock + Article 6 The housing norm for housing in the state housing fund is 8 sqm living area for each person. The room that exceeds the housing norm is preferred to be used by spouses or spouses with children, up to 7 years old, regardless of sex. + Article 7 The habitable surface that exceeds the housing norm constitutes the surplus area. The surplus area composed of one or more separate rooms shall constitute the available area and be distributed. The areas available in the multi-dwelling apartments may be allocated to persons entitled to extension or, as the case may be, to the persons indicated by the main tenants. They are entitled to an undistributed surplus area, with the corresponding increase of the rent according to the provisions of this law, the categories of persons established by decision of the Council of Ministers. + Article 8 The distribution of the dwelling area from the state housing stock under the administration of the State undertakings referred to in Article 1 (1) shall be made by the executive committees of the popular councils, taking into account the living conditions, family situation, age and contribution in production giving priority to skilled workers, specialists, families with many children. Dwellings built from investment funds centralised and destined by the state plan to ministries, other central bodies or their subordinate organisations, nominated for the new more important objectives, shall be allocated only to employees nominally indicated by the beneficiary organisations of these dwellings. The lease for these homes is accessory to the employment contract. + Article 9 The area of the courts and gardens related to the buildings will be distributed with the housing area, exclusively or, as the case may be, in common use, and passed in the distribution order. + Article 10 The assignment of housing in large cities can only be done to people and families who reside in that city. By decision of the Council of Ministers shall be established the large cities within the meaning of the previous paragraph, the number of persons who may be brought from other localities to these cities by employment, including graduates assigned to production or by transfer and rules on such hiring or transfer. + Article 11 The assigned dwelling can be occupied only after the conclusion of the lease. + Article 12 The distribution order can be revoked until the conclusion of the lease or, when it was issued in violation of the legal provisions, cancelled. + Article 13 The dwelling in the state housing stock shall be assigned to the holder of the distribution order and to the members of his family, which will be nominally provided in the distribution order. They are part of the family, within the meaning of the previous paragraph, the spouses and children, as well as the parents of their spouses. + Chapter III Rental of housing in the state housing stock + Article 14 The lease, for the dwellings in the state housing stock shall be concluded in written form with the holder of the distribution order. The lease agreement for housing areas with the destination of dwelling from the state housing stock has an authentic inscription value and constitutes enforceable title. + Article 15 The main tenant has the right to sublease part of the housing area of the dwelling if it does not constitute the available area. The sublease can only be made to persons who have domicile or floating visa in that locality. + Article 16 People who move permanently to another locality keep their right of use on their home, no more than 6 months after the date of the move. + Article 17 Household and service personnel of multi-apartment buildings, who own the housing area as an accessory to the employment contract, lose the right to use this area with the termination of the employment contract, without having to assign another housing area. + Article 18 No person can be evicted from the dwelling legally held except in the cases and under the conditions provided by law. + Article 19 In case of divorce, if the spouses did not agree otherwise, the benefit of the contract regarding the home uses the husband to whom the children were given in care and if they are not children, the husband who obtained the divorce. In all other situations the court that pronounces the divorce will decide which of the spouses will have the benefit of the contract regarding the home + Article 20 Persons who occupy without lease a housing area from the housing stock located in the administration of the state enterprises referred to in Article 1 paragraph 1 will be discharged, without the assignment of another housing area, on the basis of the decision executive committees of the popular councils of municipalities, sectors of Bucharest, cities and communes. The evacuation is made by the enterprises that have the state housing stock provided in the previous paragraph, and in case of resisting, the evacuation is done together with the militia bodies. + Article 21 The main residents and those who live together with them lose the right to use the housing area and will be evacuated without the assignment of another housing area, in the following cases: a) if they cause significant damage to the home, the building in which it is located, their facilities and accessories, as well as any other goods related to them, or if they dispose without right parts of them; b) if by their behavior they make it impossible to live for other tenants in the same apartment or building, or prevent the normal use of the home by other residents; c) whether the dwelling was obtained as a result of the enjoyment of the crime of filodorma or other crimes; d) if they do not pay for 3 months in a row the rent or share of their expenses according to the legal provisions. If the amount due is paid during the eviction process, the court will be able to reject the application, obliging the court to pay the costs. The court will, however, admit the request for eviction if a final decision was previously made against the lessee by which it was ordered to pay the rent or at the share of the expenses that come to it, or to the payment of the costs. The evacuation of residents in the cases provided for in this Article shall be ordered by the court. + Article 22 When state interests require the use of state property buildings, the relocation of residents from these buildings to other appropriate housing is ordered by the decision of the Council of Ministers. + Article 23 The main residents have the right to exchange their home with the approval of the bodies referred to in Article 1 (2). + Chapter IV Establishment and payment of rent + Article 24 The rent for the home is fixed according to: the basic rate, the comfort of the home, the monthly tariff salary or the tenant's pension. + Article 25 The basic rent charge is unique throughout the country, regardless of the owner. The monthly base rate is as set out in the table below: The basic tariff according to the tariff salary or the tenant's pension up to 800 lei801-1.100 lei1.101-1.300 lei1.301-1.600 leipis 1.600 lei-On the habitable surface (lei/sqm) 1, 802, 202, 402,502, 70-On the surface of the dependencies (kitchen, kitchenette, bathroom, pantry, vestibule, entree, tinda, veranda, aisle, closet, office) (lei/sqm) 0, 720, 881,001,001,00-On the surface of covered terraces, boxes in the basement and other dependencies in exclusive use (lei/sqm) 0, 360, 440,500,500,50 + Article 26 For tenants who are not employees or pensioners the tariff provided for employees with over 1,600 lei salary is applied, except those who receive social assistance, to whom the basic tariff provided for those with salary or pension applies. up to 800 lei monthly. The members of the handicraft cooperatives are assimilated with the employees, taking as a basis the calculation of the tariff retribution of the framing category. + Article 27 People unable to work due to old or illness and lack of means, as well as students without income other than those from the stock exchange, who live alone, pay the rent calculated at the basic rate provided for the salary tariff or pension pension up to 800 lei. + Article 28 The rent calculation for the home occupied by a family in which there are several employees or pensioners will be made on the basis of the monthly tariff salary or the highest pension. + Article 29 The basic tariff shall be increased by 30% for dwellings with central heating or gas to the stoves or reduced, as the case may be, for the entire habitable surface, as follows: -15% for rooms located in the basement or in the attic directly under the roof; -10% for dwellings devoid of water, canal, electricity installations or only one or some of them; -10% for dwellings built from lower construction materials such as: sparkle, adobe and wood. The reductions apply cumulatively. + Article 30 For the surplus living area exceeding the housing norm, a progressive increase shall apply to the basic tariff of: -25% for the first 10 sqm; -50% for the following 10 sqm; --100% for the rest of the living area. + Article 31 The rent calculated according to Articles 25-30 is added 12 lei monthly for bathroom with bathtub and 8 lei monthly for bathroom only with shower. + Article 32 The rent for the subleased area is equal to the rent related to the subrented habitable area and the dependencies to which the subtenant has access, with an increase of up to 15%. If this space is furnished, the increase can be up to 150%, in comfort ratio. + Article 33 The rent due by the employee of a state organization, a cooperative organization or other public organization, for the home owned in the state property buildings, will be retained by that organization on the payroll of the state. the monthly remuneration due to it, regardless of any other detentions, even if the limits provided by art. 409 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The method of detention is stipulated in the rental contract. Tenants, other than those provided for in the previous paragraph, will pay the rent under the conditions provided for in the lease. + Chapter V Normation, distribution and establishment of rent for housing stock with other destination than that of dwelling + Article 34 Housing areas with a destination other than that of dwelling, under direct administration or, as the case may be, in the property of socialist organizations, other legal entities, as well as individuals, used as offices, are subject to the clouds. For each employee with office work an average area will be used that will not exceed 5 sqm, calculated on the entire unit, except those working on the board and other categories of employees established by the Council of Ministers, for which the average surface will not exceed 6 sqm per employee. The housing area used as offices and exceeding the area resulting from the application of the provisions laid down in the preceding paragraph shall constitute the surplus housing area. + Article 35 The distribution of the dwelling area with a destination other than that of dwelling shall be made by: -Committee on Local Government Issues, for central state bodies, cooperatives and other public organizations; -central bodies of the state administration, for housing areas under the direct administration of organizations subordinated to these organs; -local bodies of the state administration, for housing areas under the direct administration of organizations subordinated to these organs, in the property of other legal entities, as well as individuals. + Article 36 The garages are distributed by the executive committees of the popular councils of the municipalities, the sectors of Bucharest, cities and communes, giving priority to legal or physical persons who are based or live in the building or near the building where the garage is located. When there are several applicants, one of whom is a socialist organization, the distribution is made to it. The garages may be assigned to the common use when their capacity and the conditions of access permit it. The garages under direct administration, namely the property of the socialist organizations, used for their own vehicles, as well as the garage related to a personal property housing entirely or Part owner. Legal and natural persons who rent garages state property can exchange garages, substituting themselves in rights and obligations, with the proper application of the provisions on the exchange of housing. + Article 37 The basic rate of monthly rent for housing areas with other destination than that of dwelling is unique throughout the country, regardless of the owner. + Article 38 The basic rate of monthly rent for the housing area used for offices is: a) for socialist organizations, 3,50 lei/mp; b) for legal entities, other than socialist organizations, as well as for individuals, 5 lei/sqm. For the surplus housing area used as offices is paid a rent increased by 100% compared to the basic tariff. + Article 39 The basic rate of the monthly rent for the housing area used for purposes other than for offices is: a) for the dwelling area used for social-cultural activities, official rooms, guests, as well as for the accommodation of specialists, 2,50 lei/mp; b) for the housing area used for workshops by plastic artists and authorized craftsmen, 3 lei/mp; c) for the housing area used for commercial, industrial and service activities in Bucharest, 8 lei/sqm, and for deposits, 7 lei/sqm. At the other municipalities, for the housing area used for commercial, industrial and service activities, the basic tariff is 6 lei/sqm, and for deposits it is 5 lei/sqm. In cities, for the housing area used for commercial, industrial and service activities, the basic tariff is 5 lei/sqm, and for deposits it is 4 lei/sqm. In rural localities the basic tariff provided for housing areas with another destination located in cities is reduced by 30%; d) for the housing area of the garages used by socialist organizations, other legal entities and individuals, 3 lei/sqm. The payment of rent for garages rented to employees is made under the conditions provided by Article 33. + Article 40 The basic tariff of the monthly rent provided for in Articles 38 and 39 shall be increased by 30% for the dwelling area equipped with central heating or gas to the stoves or reduced, as the case may be, for the entire housing area, as follows: -10% for buildings devoid of water, canal, electricity installations or only one or some of them; -15% for the housing area used for offices located in the basement or in the attic directly under the roof, which were not intended by construction of this purpose; -50% for the housing area used by the disabled cooperatives. The reductions apply cumulatively. For the surface of the dependencies as: offices, color, corridors, sanitary groups, speakers and the like, a 50% reduction of the basic tariff is applied. A 30% reduction of the basic tariff shall be applied for the area of the housing dependencies referred to in Article 39 (c). + Article 41 For yards and gardens related to housing areas, regardless of destination, the annual rent rate is 1 leu/sqm. + Article 42 The lease agreement for housing areas with a destination other than that of dwelling ends in written form, on the basis of the distribution order. + Article 43 Disputes related to the distribution, possession or use of the housing area with a destination other than that of dwelling will be solved by the arbitration bodies, when all parties are socialist organizations. + Chapter VI Obligations of rental state organizations and tenants in connection with the maintenance, repair and use of the housing state housing stock + Article 44 State organizations that rent housing areas with the destination of housing are obliged to: repair and replace all construction elements and installations outside the building and its annexes, of the related installation elements building-elevator, hydrophore, central heating and hot water preparation plant, thermal points, cremators-as well as making the transformations of combustion plants as a result of fuel change. The rented housing area is handed over to the tenant in normal use. + Article 45 Tenants are obliged to pay the rent, as well as to the maintenance and repair of construction elements and installations inside the home and the common use parts of the building and its annexes. Tenants are obliged to repair and replace construction elements and installations damaged as a result of their improper use, whether they are inside or outside the building. + Article 46 Tenants are obliged to pay regularly their shares of the expenses of maintenance and repair of the common parts and facilities of the building, and upon termination of the lease they are obliged to surrender the area housing in a state of use, taking into account the state in which it was rented. The tenants will pay in full, for all the people with whom they live, the expenses for water, sewerage, lighting, heating, as well as other expenses arising from the use of the common parts and facilities of the building. + Article 47 Tenants can execute on their own, with the prior written authorization of the owner and under the conditions established with it, works to increase comfort, as well as works of furnishings and changes of spaces. + Chapter VII Provisions on housing built from the own funds of state-owned enterprises and economic organisations + Article 48 The housing areas in the state buildings built by enterprises and state economic organizations from their own funds, under their administration, are distributed by their leaders only to their employees. The lease of the housing areas provided for in the preceding paragraph is an accessory to the employment contract. If the employment contract ceases on the initiative or the fault of the employees, they are obliged to issue the owned home, within 6 months from the termination of the employment contract. Employees of enterprises and state economic organizations who have been assigned housing under the first paragraph have the right to own them after their retirement. In case of death of the employee or pensioner, the eviction of the spouse or of the other members of his family living with him shall be possible only with the attribution of an appropriate housing space. + Article 49 The housing area under the direct administration of state economic enterprises or organizations may be the subject of exchange only between employees of the same unit and with the approval of their management. + Article 50 The provisions of this law also apply accordingly to homes built from the funds of state-owned enterprises and economic organizations. + Chapter VIII Provisions on personal property dwellings + Article 51 The personal property apartment used for the use of its owner and family is not subject to cloud and distribution. The owner has the right to rent a part of the apartment used for his or her family's use, including in the form of a furnished room, to persons who have a stable residence or a floating visa in that locality. + Article 52 The provisions of the present law on the obligations of the rental state organizations and tenants who own housing areas property of the state also apply accordingly to the housing areas personal property. + Article 53 The executive committees of the popular councils will, on request, support people who have personal property housing, but do not live in them, to move to these homes within 2 years of the date of the request. For this purpose, they will allocate to the tenants, who own the respective dwellings, either the dwellings offered instead by the owners or other dwellings from the state housing stock, in compliance with the legal provisions on the normalization of housing areas. Tenants and their families who are to vacate the home according to the previous paragraph, but have a contract for the construction or purchase of a home under the law for the development of housing construction and the sale of homes in the state fund to the population, as well as those who are to move to the privately owned home owned by rent of other people, will hand over the home they own when moving them to the built home, respectively bought or released by tenants. The housing area in the personal property apartment that is issued by moves or other causes will be made available to its owner and family, at its request, without being able to exercise by other tenants the right of option or extension. + Chapter IX Association of residents + Article 54 In the buildings with several apartments, the main residents, natural or legal persons, constitute by law and without other formality an association of tenants, having as a purpose the good management of the parties and the common use facilities of the building, Timely collection of allowances from contribution to the payment of common expenses and the promotion of a fair attitude towards the public wealth and respect for the norms of socialist coexistence. Housing associations can also be constituted by groups of buildings. The housing association has legal personality. The decisions of the general meeting of the association of residents by which the legal or statutory provisions are violated can be appealed to the courts. + Article 55 The organization and functioning of the association of residents, as well as the use of money means and materials, will be established by the type of housing association. + Chapter X Common, transitional and final provisions + Article 56 Any disputes related to the application of the provisions of this law shall be settled by the courts, except those expressly given in the jurisdiction of other bodies. + Article 57 The housing stock of the cooperative organizations or other public organizations is subject to the cloud, and the distribution is made by these organizations. Cooperative organizations and other public organizations will apply accordingly, regarding the housing stock they have in the property, the provisions of this law. + Article 58 Claim or receipt, directly or indirectly, of money or any other material use-filodorma-to indicate the person to whom a dwelling area is to be assigned or to consent to the distribution or exchange of a dwelling area, when the law conditions the distribution or exchange of such an indication or consent, it constitutes a crime, and is punishable by imprisonment from 6 months to 5 years. With the same punishment the payment is sanctioned, directly or indirectly, of a filodorme, as well as intermediation of such facts, for the purpose shown in the previous paragraph. The sanction does not apply to the one who pays the filodorma, if he denounces the act, on his own initiative, as soon as he made + Article 59 Receiving a higher rent than the legal one is punishable by imprisonment from one month to one year or fine. + Article 60 The use of the housing fund under the administration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is regulated by decision of the Council of Ministers. + Article 61 Rules on the distribution of available housing areas, the distribution of surplus housing areas used as offices, the obligations of landlords and tenants on the use, maintenance and repair of the state housing stock with other destination than that of dwelling, the approval of the type status of housing associations, as well as any norms for the application of this law, shall be established by decision of the Council of Ministers. + Article 62 Persons who, on the date of entry into force of this law, hold additional living areas on the basis of distribution order issued according to the previous legal provisions, may still hold them, applying to them the rent charge provided by the provisions of this law, for surplus areas. + Article 63 Tenancy agreements on housing areas, regardless of the owner, existing on the date of entry into force of this Law, amended according to its provisions, shall be extended by law until 1 January 1973. + Article 64 The funds resulting from the amortization rates for capital repairs to the housing state housing stock can be used by businesses that have it under management, and to fund the current repair plan, after covering the capital repair plan. The remaining funds available from the depreciation rates will be redistributed by the bodies under which the enterprises that have the housing state housing fund are located. The provisions of this Article shall apply from 1 January 1968. + Article 65 The State Planning Committee and the Ministry of Finance will modify, accordingly, the economic and financial indicators approved for 1968, following the application of the provisions of this Law. + Article 66 This Law shall enter into force on 1 July 1968. + Article 67 On the date of entry into force of this Law, Decree no. 78 78 of 3 April 1952 for the normation, distribution and use of housing area and the regulation of relations between owners and tenants, with subsequent amendments and completions, is repealed. This law was voted on by the Grand National Assembly on May 9, 1968, meeting out of the 429 votes cast, 426 votes in favour and 3 votes against. President of the Great National Assembly, STEFAN VOITEC According to the provisions of art. 57 of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic Romania, we sign this law. President of the State Council, NICOLAE CEAUSESCU Bucharest, May 9, 1968. No. 10. --------------