If landlords have concluded collective contracts with cable providers, they should check the possibility of termination. The portal mietercheck.de points this out. The reason for this is the abolition of the so-called ancillary cost privilege for cable fees. Although a corresponding law came into force on December 1, 2021, there is still a transitional period until June 30, 2024.
In this context, the consumer advice center points out that special regulations apply in communities of owners. Although there is a special right of termination for collective contracts as of June 31, 2024, it is also possible that a community of owners may decide not to terminate the contract. If this is the case, the condominium owners must continue to pay the fees, but they may no longer pass them on to their tenants.
Due to the ancillary cost privilege for cable fees, tenants used to have to pay cable fees for collective contracts with their landlord, even if they did not use this type of reception at all. Since the amendment to the law, they can freely choose the type of reception "without paying twice for their television reception", as the consumer advice center writes, and switch to alternatives or conclude a contract with a cable provider themselves.
Sources: verbraucherzentrale.de/mietercheck.de
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