Chapter II: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the presence of a usufructuary.

Where undivided property is encumbered by a usufruct, agreements, subject in principle to the provisions of the preceding chapter, may be concluded either between the bare owners or between the usufructuaries, or between each of them. There may likewise be an agreement between those who are undivided for the enjoyment and the one who is bare owner of all the property, as well as between the universal usufructuary and the…

Where the usufructuaries have not been parties to the agreement, third parties who have dealt with the manager of the undivided interest may not rely, to the detriment of the usufruct rights, on any powers conferred on him by the bare owners.

Where the agreement between usufructuary and bare owner provides for decisions to be taken by a majority in number and in shares, the voting right attaching to the shares is divided equally between usufruct and bare ownership, unless the parties have agreed otherwise. Any expenditure exceeding the obligations of the usufructuary, as defined by the articles 582 et seq, only engages him with his consent given in the agreement itself…