{"content":[{"text":"CONTRIBUTION REGARDING BROADCAST SERVICES","bbox":{"left":0.257845,"top":0.082519,"width":0.483792,"height":0.018160999999999997}},{"text":"-Information for Tenants -","bbox":{"left":0.394964,"top":0.111761,"width":0.20999800000000002,"height":0.01816100000000001}},{"text":"Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) \n As of April 1, 2015","bbox":{"left":0.343362,"top":0.169864,"width":0.3127189999999999,"height":0.036132000000000025}},{"text":"Since 1 January 2013, there has been a contribution regarding broadcast services. This \n replaces the former broadcast fees; the former Gebühreneinzugszentrale (Fee Collection \n Center) has been renamed to ARD ZDF Deutschlandradio Beitragsservice (ARD ZDF German \n Broadcast Contribution Services).","bbox":{"left":0.132473,"top":0.218624,"width":0.7349699999999999,"height":0.06818699999999997}},{"text":"A flat-rate contribution is charged to every apartment so that, in principle, every household \n has to pay €17.50 monthly - and this is irrespective of whether any devices in a household are \n available and/or used. This law ensures that all types of use are covered, including car radio. \n The fee must be submitted in three-month payments.","bbox":{"left":0.122193,"top":0.316971,"width":0.755761,"height":0.06822299999999998}},{"text":"To facilitate the handling of the broadcast services contribution, the most important questions \n from a student’s perspective are answered here (even if it is not possible, of course, for all \n situations to be represented):","bbox":{"left":0.122798,"top":0.415353,"width":0.754098,"height":0.05179599999999995}},{"text":"WHO MUST PAY?","bbox":{"left":0.118968,"top":0.481331,"width":0.17109399999999997,"height":0.019740999999999953}},{"text":"The apartment dweller(s) is (are) liable for the contribution. This shall include every adult \n person who actually resides there, irrespective of nationality. Since it is inevitable that \n difficulties in distinguishing might exist, it is strictly regarded that each lessee and all \n individuals who are registered as tenants are determined to be dwellers in the apartment.","bbox":{"left":0.118968,"top":0.5137,"width":0.72526,"height":0.06821099999999991}},{"text":"As there are – in the event of shared apartments or residential communities - several tenants, \n each tenant is jointly and severally liable. This means that, in principle, each and every one of \n the tenants may be utilized for the payment and must pay the full amount; among each other \n there is an obligation to pay compensation.","bbox":{"left":0.118968,"top":0.596677,"width":0.756155,"height":0.07559899999999997}},{"text":"In other words, the more liable inhabitants living in a residential community together, the less \n the sum to be paid is by each and every individual (on a pro rata basis).","bbox":{"left":0.118968,"top":0.683906,"width":0.75558,"height":0.03797099999999998}},{"text":"Note:","bbox":{"left":0.118968,"top":0.734661,"width":0.04581700000000001,"height":0.018472000000000044}},{"text":"It does not matter if all roommates and/or fellow residents have their own lease.","bbox":{"left":0.174998,"top":0.733507,"width":0.643301,"height":0.019013999999999975}},{"text":"WHAT IS AN \"APARTMENT\"?","bbox":{"left":0.118968,"top":0.764707,"width":0.289572,"height":0.01974100000000001}},{"text":"In principle, an apartment is defined in the strict legal sense as any structurally enclosed space \n unit that is \n • suitable for living or sleeping or is used (bathroom and kitchen are not requirements) and \n • is accessible via a staircase, an entrance hall, or from the outside by way of private entrance \n – not via another living space","bbox":{"left":0.118968,"top":0.794973,"width":0.7588360000000001,"height":0.09440899999999997}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}