In its judgment of April 26, 2022 (Case No.: 14 U XV 7/21), the Rostock Higher Regional Court ruled that a rent adjustment clause, which stipulates that each contracting party may demand an adjustment of the rent “after every two lease years”, must be interpreted to the effect that a request for adjustment may be asserted “after two years at the earliest”. The Higher Regional Court based this on the interests of the parties; when concluding the rent adjustment clause, these interests were primarily aimed at agreeing on a legally effective (contractual) provision on the prerequisites of a rent adjustment clause which met the requirements of Sec. 593 of the German Civil Code (BGB).