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Mediation Boards: can be set up in municipalities under § 39 of the law of tenancy; have to be called upon in certain cases such as acknowledgement of chief tenancy, assessment of adequacy of rent and/or justification of rent increases, exchange of apartments, etc. before judicial action is taken. Mediation boards are also provided for under the Allgemeines Sozialversicherungsgesetz.