Internal Regulations of the Uneatlantico University Residence

Art. 1. The UNEATLANTICO University Residence, hereinafter “the Residence”, is a university residential center whose primary objective is to provide accommodation to students enrolled in various courses, training programs and mobility programs for secondary or higher education, within the values of respect for dignity, privacy of the person and collaboration in their integral, human and academic formation.

Likewise, it may provide accommodation to professors and invited guests who participate in various academic activities, research and exchange programs.

Similarly, the Residence may provide accommodation to professors and students from other universities by virtue of institutional collaboration, mobility and exchange programs; as well as to companies belonging to PCTCAN, where the residence is located, and to the general population.

Art. 2. The Residence is governed by these Internal Regulations and the Accommodation Unit Lease Agreement.

Art. 3. All persons admitted to the Residence who have completed all administrative and financial procedures necessary for their admission are considered residents. Acceptance of resident status entails the assumption of the rights and obligations provided for in these regulations and in the Accommodation Unit Lease Agreement.

Art. 4. All students enrolled in any type or mode of education and/or program at the Universidad Europea del Atlántico may apply for admission to the Residence and reserve a place by submitting the duly completed residence payment order form, which must be ratified by the person paying for the reservation, for the purpose of taking responsibility for payment of fees under the established conditions.

For applications from students enrolled at the Universidad Europea del Atlántico, or who are in the admission process, or in the case of students belonging to mobility and exchange programs, it is not necessary to provide any documentation other than that submitted to the University itself, by virtue of the agreement that the Residence has established with it.

In the case of students from other Universities, they must accompany their application for a place reservation with the payment order form with the following documents:

1. Copy of their ID card / NIE or Passport, as applicable.
2. Enrollment certificate issued by the University or Center where they are enrolled.
3. 1 current photograph.

All students who are beneficiaries of Spanish Social Security must provide a copy of their supporting document (valid health card).

Students who are not beneficiaries of Spanish Social Security must provide the contract or policy of their medical insurance in order to be able to receive medical care if necessary.

Art. 5. A simple application to reserve a place does not grant the right to reserve it, but notification of admission/acceptance by the Residence Management, payment of the reservation by the applicant, and subsequent signing of the accommodation unit lease agreement are necessary.

Art. 6. Residents who wish to continue in the Residence at the end of their accommodation unit lease agreement must notify the Management before March 15 of each year. Otherwise, they will be deemed to have waived their place.

Art. 7. In any case, the Residence Management reserves the right to renew or not renew the resident’s place, depending on their behavior and degree of compliance with the Residence’s internal regulations.

Art. 8. The Residence Management reserves the right of admission.

Art. 9. The Residence Management, by virtue of these Regulations and the accommodation unit lease agreement, may terminate the accommodation unit lease agreement affecting both the stay and the use of the services to which it entitles, to any resident for administrative and/or disciplinary reasons.

Art. 10. Rights of the resident.

The Residence, through its Management, will guarantee the resident the following rights:

• Respect and dignified treatment, without any discrimination based on birth, race, sex, religion, opinion or any other personal or social condition or circumstance.
• Right to representation and defense.
• Right to rest, silence, privacy and confidentiality.
• Right to receive visitors at designated times and places.
• Right to receive stipulated services.
• Right to propose initiatives and activities.
• Right to be heard by Management for the resolution of situations or issues that require it.

Art. 11. Representation of residents.

The community life of the Residence will be organized with the participation of residents, especially through the election of a representative.

In this way, residents have the right to participate in the life of the residence and to collectively guarantee compliance with internal and coexistence rules. To this end, they will elect a residents’ representative who will be their interlocutor with the Residence Management.

Art. 12. The residents’ representative will be responsible for transmitting the initiatives and any issues that residents wish to raise to the Residence Management, as well as the issues that Management refers to them regarding the operation of Residence services and coexistence among residents. To this end, Management will meet regularly and periodically with the Representative and both parties will collaborate closely in monitoring residential activities. The Residence Management may request that the Residence Ownership adopt measures deemed appropriate to respond to issues raised by residents through their representative.

Art. 13. The residents’ representative will be elected by secret ballot by residents among resident candidates who freely present themselves by majority of voters. Their election will be held in each academic year before October 15 according to the conditions established by the Residence Management.

Art. 14. Residents may submit in writing to the Residence Management any suggestion, observation or complaint about the operation of the residence, the activity of administrative or service staff, as well as about the behavior of any resident. Management will elevate to the Residence Ownership the proposals deemed appropriate to respond to issues raised by residents and will provide a response to them.

Art. 15. The Residence Management will count on the active collaboration of residents to guarantee the following rights in the residence, taking into account the nature of the establishment and appealing to civic behavior and respect towards fellow residents:

• Respect, coexistence, dignified treatment, diversity and non-discrimination.
• To exercise their freedoms without violating those of others.
• Privacy.
• To receive stipulated services under established conditions.
• Rest and silence during nighttime hours.
• To have visitors according to established schedules.

Art. 16. Residents must fulfill the financial obligations arising from their stay at the Residence, as well as respect the internal regulations established in these regulations.

Art. 17. Rules to be observed by the resident.

The resident is required to observe the following rules, relating to the operation of the Residence:

1. The resident must occupy the assigned accommodation unit. Changes of accommodation unit at the request of residents will only be allowed when there is authorization from the Residence Management and agreement between the residents involved.
2. The installation and use of heaters, stoves and similar devices in accommodation units will not be permitted.
3. The use of candles or any device or element that produces flames or smoke will not be permitted.
4. Keeping any kind of animals in accommodation units will not be allowed, except in cases provided for as assistance animals for people with disabilities. In this case, the owner is obliged to observe all hygiene and safety rules for the animal, with respect to other residents and to take out, if they do not have one, a civil liability policy, for damages that the animal could cause to people and property.
5. In common areas, the installation of elements or objects that do not belong to the community of residents, such as music equipment, among others, will not be permitted.
6. Maximum care will be taken with the order and cleanliness of the Residence, both in the accommodation unit and in common areas.
7. The resident must leave the accommodation unit tidy and available for the cleaning shift, allowing access to cleaning staff on established dates.
8. It is not permitted to deposit, without prior authorization from Management, any type of object in common areas, outside their accommodation units, on windows or outside the Residence.
9. Proposals for repair of defects or repairs will be directed to Management, using the corresponding form that will be provided and delivered at reception.
10. Storage of packages and other objects in the Residence facilities will not be permitted, except with authorization from Management and only in designated places.
11. Belongings may not be left abandoned in common use spaces.
12. Residents are required to collaborate at all times with Residence staff, in those matters concerning security, maintenance of facilities and operating regulations, and may not ignore in any way the calls in this regard from Residence staff.
13. In common areas, residents must be properly dressed and groomed.
14. Violent, vulgar or aggressive behavior that demeans or bothers others or that goes against the order and peace necessary for the study and rest of residents is not permitted.
15. Residents are not permitted to enter facilities designated as restricted, or Reception, kitchen and machine rooms.
16. It is not permitted to spend the night away from the Residence without leaving prior written notice at Reception.
17. Visits to residents in their accommodation units will not be permitted, except in exceptional cases and previously authorized by Management.
18. It will be the resident’s obligation to keep the doors of their Accommodation Unit closed.
19. Bicycles are not permitted in accommodation units. Residents have at their disposal the bike parking service in the garage. It is prohibited to exit via the garage access ramp.
20. It is not permitted to hang, paste, attach or adhere any element on the walls of the accommodation unit.
21. In apartments and/or studios, a number of residents greater than those belonging to and admitted by their accommodation unit may not gather, except with prior written authorization from Management, with a maximum of 2 people.
22. Access to the residence by visitors not authorized by the Residence Management is not permitted.

Art. 18. At the end of the academic year and/or their accommodation unit lease agreement, residents will vacate their accommodation units, taking with them all their personal belongings. Storage of objects in the Residence facilities will not be permitted. Management will dispose of any abandoned object, considering that the resident waives possession of it.

Art. 19. The Residence Management is a single-person body, in the figure of Director, appointed by the Residence Ownership, exercising all those management and administration functions of the Center.

Art. 20. Management is also empowered to perform, among others, the following functions:

1. Establish access schedules, visits, use of facilities and services, as well as their possible modification.
2. Dispose of any object abandoned in common use areas of the Residence, after a minimum period of 24 hours from its abandonment.
3. Give appropriate orders and instructions to remove from accommodation units, after prior notice to the interested party, all objects and devices not permitted or that cause harm to the proper functioning of the Residence and its appropriate study environment.
4. Authorize, in advance, the provision, within the residential premises, of private classes to any of its residents.
5. Obtain information about any observation, claim or complaint about employed staff and/or residents.
6. Proceed and impose, if so resulting from the procedure, sanctions in accordance with the provisions of Title V.
7. Order as a precautionary measure the immediate departure from the Residence of a resident who has committed a very serious offense, having to request from the Management Council, within a maximum period of 72 hours, the adoption of the corresponding agreement.
8. Signing and termination of accommodation unit lease agreements.
9. Any other competence attributed in these Regulations.

In any case, the Residence Management may delegate to the Residence Disciplinary Committee Management, the powers and competences relating to disciplinary matters.

Art. 21. Among its powers, it reserves the right of entry into accommodation units whenever it is for reasons of maintenance, security or breach of regulations, and/or in case of emergency.

This power extends to the Residence Disciplinary Committee Management, being able to exercise the right of entry into accommodation units in cases that meet the aforementioned requirements.

Art. 22. The Residence Management will assign each resident their place in an accommodation unit in accordance with the chosen accommodation type or modality. The resident may request from the Residence Management a change of accommodation unit annually, if there are reasons that justify it, and provided there is available space.

Art. 23. Residence responsibilities

The Residence is not responsible for objects or money that may be stolen within the premises. It is the responsibility of residents to take necessary preventive measures to maintain the security of their goods and equipment.

The Residence is not responsible for possible damages or thefts that may occur to vehicles parked on the premises.

Art. 24. The Residence Management will establish the different access schedules to the premises and will ensure strict compliance with them by residents.

Art. 25. Generally, the following schedules are established:

1. The main door of the Residence will be governed by the following opening and closing schedule:
   • OPENING: Monday to Friday working days, at 7:00 a.m.
   • Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at 7:00 a.m.
   • CLOSING: Monday to Wednesday working days and Sundays, at 12:00 a.m.
   • Thursday, Friday, Saturday and the eve of holidays, at 4:00 a.m.
   After this time, the receptionist or security staff may allow entry to the residence, only in cases of authorized resident persons and for duly justified reasons. In that case, supporting documentation must be provided.
2. Visiting hours, which will take place in the common areas of the Residence (visiting room), are established between 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., except in exceptional or special cases authorized by the Residence Management.
3. Silence in accommodation units, hallways and other areas of the Residence must be total from 12:00 a.m., except for unforeseen situations, events or celebrations scheduled and expressly authorized by Management.

Art. 26. Overnight absence

When the resident is not going to spend the night on the premises, they must previously complete the Google form provided for this purpose at Reception. Failure to comply with this rule will be considered a minor offense.

Art. 27. Promoting or carrying out hazing is strictly prohibited. A disciplinary file will be opened and sanctioned with force, by the Residence Management and the Disciplinary Committee, to any resident who generates, promotes, participates in or carries out “hazing” or makes jokes considered in bad taste that demean, offend, harm or bother other residents, or that go against the order and peace necessary for coexistence, rest and study. In any case, conducts may be sanctioned in accordance with current disciplinary regulations.

Art. 28. In the Residence, entry of a resident to an Accommodation Unit that is not theirs is strictly prohibited, except with express authorization from Management, not being able to exceed 2 people, and provided that the rest of the Residents occupying that unit have shown their agreement. The resident of an Accommodation Unit is personally responsible for any action that, violating regulations, is carried out in that space.

In addition to residents, only authorized visitors will use the services and facilities of the Residence (except those services and facilities that are for exclusive use by residents). Visitors may not access accommodation units or remain in them. Visitors also may not access or remain before 10:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m., except in cases of necessity previously authorized by Management.

The resident is responsible before Management for the behavior of their invited visitors, and where appropriate for the financial restitution of damage caused by them.

Management, in order to preserve security and coexistence, reserves the “right of admission and access” to the Residence facilities.

Art. 29. Any absence of a resident that implies not spending the night at the Residence must be notified to Management, by previously filling out a form provided for this purpose at Reception or completing the enabled Google form available to them, in case the resident cannot do so in person.

Art. 30. The facilities, services and common areas or rooms of the Residence are available to all residents. No person will be allowed to monopolize any of them and prevent the use to which all residents are entitled. The use of facilities and services must be combined with the right that others have to study, work and rest.

Art. 31. In common areas, residents must wear appropriate clothing for coexistence and decorum. The use of material offensive to personal dignity, or vulgar, aggressive or discriminatory behavior will not be permitted.

Art. 32. Residents are not permitted to enter restricted access areas, reception, kitchen and machine rooms.

Art. 33. After 12:00 a.m., meetings of any kind will not be permitted in Accommodation Units and nighttime silence will be respected in all areas of the Residence, especially in accommodation units, hallways, stairs and common rooms. Throughout the residential premises, any loud conversation and any behavior that may disturb those trying to concentrate on study or rest will be avoided.

Art. 34. To teach or receive private classes in any discipline at the Residence, express authorization from the Residence Management will be necessary.

Art. 35. The following are prohibited:

1. The consumption, possession or handling in the residence and its common areas of any substance that, due to its appearance, smell, form of consumption or presentation, may generate reasonable indications of being toxic drugs, narcotics, psychotropic substances or their substitutes, including those products that may be confused with such substances, such as CBD in the form of flowers, resins or preparations for smoking, as well as being a participant in any meeting in which any of the aforementioned actions are being carried out.
   
   For disciplinary purposes, the existence of reasonable indications appreciated by responsible personnel—such as smell, smoke, product presentation, associated utensils or observable behavior—will be considered sufficient reason to apply the sanctioning regime provided for the consumption of prohibited substances.
2. Possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages on the Residence premises, for which appropriate control measures may be established by Residence staff.
3. Possession of weapons of any kind.
4. Exercising physical, psychological violence or any form of harassment against residents and service staff.
5. Promoting or carrying out hazing or making jokes considered in bad taste that demean, offend, harm or bother other residents is strictly prohibited.
6. Any racist, sexist and/or xenophobic behavior.
7. Verbally or in writing offending fellow residents or Residence staff.
8. Stealing money or any object or belonging of residents, service staff or the Residence.
9. Smoking is strictly prohibited in all areas of the Residence.
10. Conducts that tend to create insubordination, indiscipline or resistance to comply with the decisions of the Residence Management, as well as the Residence Disciplinary Committee Management.
11. Improper use of the name and representation of the Residence, as well as uncivic behaviors, carried out outside or inside the premises, from which a deterioration of the image of the Residence is derived and, in general, the violation of the rules of coexistence within the Residence.
12. Holding private parties, both in accommodation units and in the rest of the common areas of the Residence.
13. Playing games of chance that involve money bets.
14. Irresponsible behavior that leads to deterioration in living conditions among residents. Improper use of community facilities and acts that seriously deteriorate them or residents’ belongings.
15. Accessing or leaving the residence through windows, emergency doors or any other space not enabled for such purpose.
16. Any activity that may be classified as an offense or crime under Spanish criminal law.
17. Gathering, in apartments and/or studios, a number of residents greater than those belonging to and admitted by their accommodation unit without prior consent from Management, and never exceeding 2 people.
18. Access to the residence by visitors not authorized by the Residence Management.
19. Keeping any kind of animals.

In case of non-compliance with any of the prohibited acts listed in this article, they will be classified as an offense (minor, serious or very serious), according to criteria of the residence management and the Disciplinary Committee Management and, therefore, will be subject to sanction, under the provisions of art. 45 of these Regulations.

Art. 35. bis. Use and charging of electric scooters.

Authorization and conditions of use:

1. The use and parking of electric scooters is permitted, in areas designated for this purpose, only to residents who have valid civil liability insurance that covers possible personal or material damages derived from their use or charging.
2. The resident must present a copy of the insurance to the Residence Management before using the vehicle within the premises.

Liability for damages:

1. Any damage, defect or fire derived from the use or charging of an electric scooter will be the exclusive responsibility of the resident owner.
2. The resident will be obliged to restore material damages or financially compensate the Residence or affected third parties.
3. The commission of these acts may be considered a minor, serious or very serious offense, according to Title V of these Regulations, depending on the extent of the damage caused.

Art. 36. Any breach of internal and coexistence rules, as well as any behavior that alters the normal functioning of the Residence, may be sanctioned by the Residence Management, as well as the Residence Disciplinary Committee Management.

Art. 37. The Residence Management, in collaboration with the residents’ representative if necessary, will warn the resident or residents whose behavior involves an alteration of the normal functioning of the Residence. If the behaviors are maintained and/or repeated, Management may elevate them to the Residence Disciplinary Committee.

Art. 38. All those actions, conducts or facts that are considered minor or serious will be sanctioned by the Residence Management, as well as the Residence Disciplinary Committee Management, in accordance with the provisions of these internal regulations.

Art. 39. In the circumstance that these actions, conducts or facts are considered by the Residence Management of special importance, as well as the Residence Disciplinary Committee Management, being able to constitute a very serious offense in accordance with these internal regulations, it will submit to the Residence Disciplinary Committee a written report detailing the events that occurred.

Art. 40. The Residence Disciplinary Committee is composed of the Residence Director, who will preside over it, and the Director of the Residence Disciplinary Committee, who will act as secretary of said Committee, and has the purpose of resolving all those actions, conducts, facts or violations of internal and coexistence rules.

The Disciplinary Committee will adopt its agreements and resolutions by majority, with the presidency having the casting vote in case of a tie, and may apply the sanctioning measures provided for by these regulations.

Art. 41. Classification of offenses

Offenses can be minor, serious or very serious.

Discordant attitudes that do not qualify as offenses may be corrected with a warning, which must be recorded in the interested party’s residential file.

Art. 42. Minor offenses

Minor offenses are:

• Being absent or spending the night without leaving appropriate notice at the Residence reception, except in cases of force majeure, making it difficult to provide possible information that may be of interest to the family.
• Accessing accommodation units with visitors, without communicating them to Management, for security purposes.
• Improper use of community objects or those belonging to residents.
• Smoking in Residence facilities.
• Preventing access by cleaning and maintenance staff to the accommodation unit, to perform their work.
• Accessing the premises outside established hours without corresponding authorization.
• Wearing inappropriate clothing in common areas that violates decorum.
• Not respecting silence hours.
• Lack of cleanliness in accommodation units.
• Improper use of the emergency telephone.
• Using the gym without being subscribed or without appropriate authorization.
• Keeping any kind of animal in the accommodation unit.
• Hanging, pasting, attaching or adhering any element on the walls of the accommodation unit.
• Gathering a number of residents greater than those belonging to and admitted by their accommodation unit, without authorization from Management.
• Keeping bicycles in accommodation units, as well as exiting via the garage access ramp of the Residence.
• Installing devices and objects not permitted inside the accommodation unit.

Art. 43. Serious offenses

Serious offenses are:

• Consumption and possession of alcoholic beverages in the Residence.
• Offenses against labor, service, security staff or residents.
• Improper use of both the name and representation of the Residence.
• Acts that disturb or damage coexistence and the study environment in the Residence, such as holding private parties, or others that put at risk the integrity of people or things or that seriously violate the dignity of people.
• Acts that seriously deteriorate the furniture of the Residence or where appropriate the belongings of residents.
• Improper and repeated use of the emergency telephone.
• Continued lack, up to three times, of cleanliness in accommodation units.
• Repeated use of the gym without being subscribed to it or without appropriate authorization.
• Accumulation of three minor offenses in the same academic year.
• Access to the accommodation unit by visitors not authorized by the Residence Management.
• Allowing access or permanence of people outside the residence and/or people not authorized by the residence Management.

Art. 44. Very serious offenses

Very serious offenses are:

• Acts of violence or aggression exercised against Management, labor, security staff and residents.
• Exercising physical, psychological violence or any form of harassment against residents and service staff.
• The consumption, possession or handling in the residence and its common areas of any substance that, due to its appearance, smell, form of consumption or presentation, may generate reasonable indications of being toxic drugs, narcotics, psychotropic substances or their substitutes, including those products that may be confused with such substances, such as CBD in the form of flowers, resins or preparations for smoking, as well as being a participant in any meeting in which any of the aforementioned actions are being carried out, will result in the definitive expulsion of the resident.
  
  The existence of reasonable indications appreciated by responsible personnel—such as smell, smoke, product presentation, associated utensils or observable behavior—will be considered sufficient reason to apply the sanctioning regime provided for the consumption of prohibited substances.
• Stealing money or any belonging of residents, service staff or the Residence.
• Promoting, actively participating in or carrying out hazing or making jokes considered in bad taste that demean, offend, harm or bother other residents.
• Carrying out any racist, sexist and/or xenophobic behavior.
• Disrespect for the authority represented by the Residence Director and/or the Director of the Residence Disciplinary Committee.
• Any other act that seriously violates the basic principles of civic behavior.
• Commission of any type of criminal offense, which has occurred both inside and outside the facilities of the residential Center.
• Non-payment or breach of the Accommodation Unit Lease Agreement.
• Accumulation of two serious offenses within the same course or academic period.
• Accessing or leaving the residence through windows, emergency doors or any other space not enabled for such purpose.

Art. 45. Sanctioning of offenses

The different types of offenses will entail the imposition of the following sanctions:

1. Minor offense: verbal warning or written admonition and where appropriate financial restitution of the damage caused.
2. Serious offense: written admonition and suspension of the right to use the Residence and resident status for a period between 3 and 15 days, as well as where appropriate restitution or compensation for the damage caused.
3. Very serious offense: suspension of resident status for a period between 16 and 90 days, or if so determined by the Residence Disciplinary Committee, the definitive expulsion of the resident terminating the Accommodation Unit Lease Agreement, and where appropriate restitution or compensation for the damage caused.

Art. 46. The application of the sanction of suspension of the right of use and resident status or definitive expulsion from the Residence will not give the right to the return of the deposit/bond, or of payments made, nor will it exempt from the commitment acquired by the resident to pay in accordance with the subscribed Accommodation Unit Lease Agreement.

Art. 47. The correction or sanction of offenses will be carried out with due guarantees, assisting the right of residents to be heard prior to the resolution of disciplinary measures.

In case of absence on the day and time of the summons, to exercise the correction or sanction of offenses, by the resident, said right to be heard will be considered as effected and exercised, for all purposes.

The alleged offender will be duly notified and in the case of committing an offense classified as very serious, heard by the Disciplinary Committee, and in the case of the resolution of the sanction of definitive expulsion may be reviewed by the Residence Ownership at the written request of the interested party within a period of 5 days counted from the date of notification of the sanction without said review suspending the period of application of the sanction imposed.

All references to positions or persons for which in these Regulations the masculine form is used generically must be interpreted as applicable without distinction, to women and men.

FIRST. Special cases and situations not provided for in these Regulations will be resolved by the Residence Ownership.

SECOND. The reform or modification of these Regulations, as well as their interpretation is the exclusive power of the Residence Ownership.

THIRD. These Regulations may be subject to modification in unforeseen situations and/or other provided situations that require a change in their regulation according to what is indicated in these Regulations.

Any of the aforementioned modifications may be articulated through the reform of these Regulations, or through resolutions signed by the Residence Director.