The usufructuary may enjoy by himself, lease to another, even sell or transfer his right free of charge.
Leases which the usufructuary alone has made for a period which exceeds nine years are, in the event of cessation of the usufruct, obligatory with regard to the bare owner only for the time which remains to run, either of the first nine-year period, if the parties are still in it, or of the second, and so on so that the lessee only has the right to complete the enjoyment of the nine-year period in which he is.
Leases of nine years or less which the usufructuary alone has entered into or renewed more than three years before the expiry of the current lease in the case of rural property, and more than two years before the same time in the case of houses, are without effect, unless their execution began before the cessation of the usufruct.
The usufructuary may not, without the agreement of the bare owner, lease a rural business or a building for commercial, industrial or craft use. In the absence of the bare owner’s agreement, the usufructuary may be authorised by the court to enter into this deed alone.