Subsection 1: General provisions

Within the meaning and for the application of this section, the following definitions apply:

1° Surroundings: spaces located in the immediate vicinity of the dwelling and the facilities they contain;

2° Cellars: premises generally located underground and designed and built to be used for conservation and storage purposes;

3° Attics: premises consisting of that part of the interior space of a building located below the slopes of the roof and separated from the other parts of the building by a floor;

4° Outbuildings: parts of a dwelling other than a living room or utility room, such as terraces, loggias, verandas, glazed areas, balconies, sheds, storerooms, spaces occupied by water heaters and garages;

5° Tourist accommodation : hotels, collective inns, tourist residences, furnished tourist accommodation, bed and breakfast and bed and breakfast in private homes, communal premises of camping and caravanning sites, communal premises of leisure residential parks run by hotels, individual and collective accommodation in holiday villages, within the meaning of Book III of the Tourism Code;

6° Dwelling: residential premises comprising one or more living and service rooms and, where applicable, outbuildings;

7° Premises used for collective accommodation: premises used by any person for accommodation, whether free of charge or not, organised and provided, where applicable with ancillary services, with a view to collective use going beyond the family context and not constituting tourist accommodation;

8° Logement garni : furnished accommodation for which services such as linen, cleaning and maintenance are also provided;

9° Logement meublé : accommodation equipped with a sufficient number and quality of furnishings to enable the tenant to sleep, eat and live there appropriately in terms of the requirements of everyday life;

10° Parties à usage commun : areas used by the occupants of several dwellings or similar premises, such as courtyards, courtyards, walkways, lobbies, corridors, staircases, children's carports, bicycle storage areas, caretaker's rooms, garage service areas, rubbish rooms and, where applicable, toilets and shower rooms ;

11° Living rooms in a dwelling: main rooms used for living and sleeping ;

12° Service rooms in residential premises: rooms other than living rooms and corridors or passageways, in particular kitchens, shower rooms, toilets and laundry rooms.