Artikel 38

1. The authorities of the Forces shall each present to the appropriate Federal authority their needs for accommodation in the form of periodical programmes and where necessary supplementary programmes. When the Forces of two or more Powers stationed or to be stationed in the same locality have competing requirements for accommodation, joint discussions will be held between them with the object of reaching agreed accommodation programmes. Individual requests outside the programmes shall be kept to a minimum.
2. Programmes and individual requests agreed by the authorities of the Forces and the Federal authority shall be carried out by the appropriate German authorities after consultation with the authorities of the Forces and with particular regard to sites, standards and dates of availability. In such programmes, specific provision shall be made to meet any difficulties which may arise for the Forces from the operation of the provisions contained in the second sentence of paragraph 5 of this Article. Requirements of minor importance may be arranged directly between the authorities of the Forces and the appropriate German regional authorities.
3. In case of disagreement between subordinate authorities of the Forces and the German regional authorities, the matter shall be referred to the Federal authority for further joint consultation with the authorities of the Forces.
4. The Forces shall continually review their accommodation requirements in order to ensure that these requirements remain within the minimum consistent with the size and duties of the Forces. Accommodation which is no longer required, or for which alternative accommodation satisfactory to the Forces is made available, shall be released by the Forces.
5. Special attention shall be paid to the release of accommodation to private individuals. Privately owned dwellings shall be released if they are not used by the Forces for any period of six consecutive months. The German authorities shall be entitled to make a request to the Forces that the release of specific accommodation be discussed with them.
6. At the time of the release of a requisitioned dwelling or hotel, all requisitioned movable property therein for which rental or hire is being paid shall also be released. When other requisitioned accommodation is released, the Forces will at the same time release requisitioned movable property therein for which rental or hire is being paid, except in cases in which the continued use of such property is requisite to the accomplishment of the continued use of such property is requisite to the accomplishment of the Forces' defence mission. In such cases, the authorities of the Forces shall consult the German authorities. Such movable property shall also be released prior to the release of accommodation provided that it is no longer required for use by the Forces or alternative property satisfactory to the Forces is made available by the German authorities. Objects of art and antiques shall be released by the Forces according to procedures to be agreed.
7. In implementing the first accommodation programme, if no comparable alternative accommodation is available in the same area, the Forces shall, for six months after the entry into force of the present Convention, be entitled to the first option on such publicly owned accommodation included in the property referred to in Article 13 of Chapter One of the Convention on the Settlement of Matters Arising out of the War and the Occupation as becomes available. This shall not apply to accommodation in the Bonn Enclave.
8. If accommodation occupied by the Forces, such as target ranges, training areas and airfields, is temporarily not being used by the Forces, it may be made temporarily available to the Federal Republic at its request, on condition that its renewed use by the Forces is not impaired thereby.