Section 5: Subletting.

Unless otherwise stipulated in the lease or agreed by the lessor, any total or partial subletting is prohibited. In the event of an authorised sublease, the landlord is called upon to contribute to the deed. Where the sublease rent is higher than the price of the main tenancy, the landlord is entitled to demand a corresponding increase in the rent of the main tenancy, an increase which, in the absence…

The subtenant may apply to the principal tenant for renewal of its lease to the extent of the rights that the principal tenant itself has from the landlord. The lessor is called upon to assist in the act, as provided for in article L. 145-31. At the expiry of the main lease, the landlord is only obliged to renew if he has, expressly or tacitly, authorised or approved the sublease…