Article 7:274c Dutch Civil Code, Book 7

Paragraph 1

Personal use within the meaning of Article 274(1)(c) also includes providing residential accommodation to a young person, if the conditions set out in the following paragraphs are met.

Paragraph 2

In this Article, a young person means a person who has not yet reached the age of 28 years.

Paragraph 3

Under the lease agreement, the residential accommodation must be intended for young persons.

Paragraph 4

Five years must have elapsed since the commencement date of the lease agreement. Before the expiry of this period, the parties may agree that this period be extended by not more than two years. In that case, the period by which the extension took place must also have elapsed.

Paragraph 5

The lease agreement with the tenant against whom the claim referred to in Article 274(1) has been brought must provide that the residential accommodation will be let again to a young person after termination of the lease agreement. For the purposes of the first sentence, a student as referred to in Article 274d(2) and a doctoral candidate as referred to in Article 274e(2) are treated as equivalent to a young person.