The Cyprus Real Estate Registration Council has raised strong concerns and outright opposition to key provisions in the draft jointly-owned buildings bills currently under discussion in Parliament. While acknowledging the need for better management of jointly-owned buildings, the Council warns that certain clauses could have disastrous consequences. Proof of jointly-owned buildings communal fee paymentsA central issue of contention is the proposed requirement for a certificate from a jointly-owned buildings management committee confirming payment of communal fees, for both the filing of a sales contract and the transfer of property to its buyer. Building authorities overwhelmedEqually problematic, in the Council’s view, is the proposal to assign registration and supervision of management committees to building authorities. Call for rethinkIn a memorandum submitted to the Parliamentary Committee on Internal Affairs, the Real Estate Registration Council urged MPs to reconsider the contested provisions.