The owner of a building in which a hotel is operated may not, notwithstanding any stipulation to the contrary, object to the execution of works of equipment and improvement that the lessee, the owner of the business, carries out at his own expense and under his own responsibility when such works concern :
1° The supply of water, gas and electricity;
2° Installation of telephone, radio and television receivers;
3° Sanitary equipment;
4° Sewerage;
5° Installation of central heating or distribution of hot or air-conditioned air;
6° Installation of lifts, goods lifts and dumbwaiters;
7° Fitting out kitchens and pantries;
8° The construction of swimming pools,
even if this work entails a change in the layout of the premises.
Where such work affects the shell of the building, it may only be undertaken, in the absence of the owner’s agreement, after a favourable opinion has been given by committees whose composition and operation will be determined by decree adopted on the advice of the Council of State and on which hoteliers and building owners will be represented in equal numbers.