Section 2: Duration.

The term of the lease may not be less than nine years. However, the lessee has the option of giving notice of termination at the end of a three-year period, at least six months in advance, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by extrajudicial act. Leases concluded for a term of more than nine years, leases for premises built for a single use, leases for premises used exclusively…

The parties may, when the lessee takes up the premises, derogate from the provisions of this chapter provided that the total term of the lease or successive leases does not exceed three years. On expiry of this term, the parties may no longer enter into a new lease derogating from the provisions of this chapter to operate the same business in the same premises. If, on expiry of this term,…

This chapter does not apply to precarious occupation agreements which are characterised, irrespective of their duration, by the fact that occupation of the premises is authorised only because of particular circumstances beyond the sole control of the parties. .

The lessor of premises used for commercial, industrial or craft purposes may, during the original lease or a renewed lease, take over the premises in whole or in part in order to carry out work requiring the evacuation of the premises included in a sector or perimeter provided for in the articles L. 313-4 and L. 313-4-2 of the French Town Planning Code and authorised or prescribed under the conditions…

The tenant whose lease is deferred is entitled to compensation for dispossession which includes compensation for the harmful consequences of the temporary deprivation of enjoyment, taking into account, if applicable, the temporary installation carried out at the lessor’s expense and the reimbursement of his normal removal and reinstallation expenses. When the offer has been accepted or recognised as valid by the competent court, and after the expiry of the period…

Commercial leases signed between owners and operators of tourist residences mentioned in Article L. 321-1 of the Tourism Code are for a minimum of nine years, with no possibility of termination at the end of a three-year period.