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2.5
The institutional/legal framework of the AAA is
composed of a set of formal and informal re-
lationships. The main actors of this framework
are basically NUCA, CA, Mall Managers and/or
Occupants Unions, Shopkeepers and Owners,
and Street Vendors. Both formal and informal
rules guide the relationship between the pre-
viously mentioned stakeholders. In order to
understand this institutional/legal setting, a list
of the formal laws, by-laws and regulations as-
sociated with the area and the type of commer-
cial activities that exist in it will be mentioned.
These laws and regulations are not all activated
within the AAA, yet should act as a guide for
any future interventions associated with the
area.
2.5.1 LAWS, BYLAWS AND REGU-
LATIONS
The unified building law declares the duties
of the local authorities in monitoring the reg-
ulations related to the new cities, and what
should be provided by the detailed plan of the
commercial areas. It also declares the regula-
tions related to the Occupants’ Unions.
The unified building law no 119/2008
On The Regulation of Resident Union
• Article 155:
Head of the administrative body shall iden-
tify the headquarters of the resident union
department, personnel thereat and their re-
sponsibilities and duties. Such decision shall
be affixed in the notice board at the admin-
istrative body headquarters.
The resident union department shall survey
the properties and residential groups with-
in the scope of the administrative body that
need a resident union, pursuant to Article
(72) of the Law and survey the existing own-
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INSTITUTIONAL/LEGAL
FRAMEWORK ANALYSIS
ers’ association for adjustment.
The department shall-during three months
of the issuance of the regulations and sys-
tem of resident union-advise property oc-
cupants on which the provisions of chapter
one (Part four) of the law apply, who have
no union, to establish a resident union or
adjust the current owners’ association, via
a return-receipt requested mail, placing
a copy of the notice in a clear place at the
property.
The union head shall register the union at
the appropriate department, within 45 days
of the expiry of the aforesaid period. There-
after, the union shall have a judicial person-
ality, effective from its registration.
• Article 156:
Occupants of properties shall form a resi-
dent union, in accordance with the system
of the competent minister.
A resident union covering more than one
property or a group of adjacent properties
may be formed, if the total number of units
of such properties exceeds five units.
• Article 157:
Voting rate and contribution in the financial
obligations defined by the general meeting
shall be based on the ratio of surface area
of the unit share in land to the total surface
area of the land. However, the square meter
of the commercial and administrative struc-
tures shall be double the square meter of
the residential structures in computation.