French Civil Code

A tenant who does not furnish the house with sufficient furniture, may be evicted, unless he gives security capable of answering for the rent.

The sublessee is liable to the landlord only up to the amount of the price of his sublease for which he may be indebted at the time of the seizure, and without being able to rely on payments made in advance. Payments made by the sublessee, either by virtue of a stipulation in his lease or as a result of the use of the premises, are not deemed to be…

The rental repairs or minor maintenance for which the tenant is liable, if there is no clause to the contrary, are those designated as such by the use of the premises, and, among others, the repairs to be made: To the hearths, counter-hearths, architraves and mantelpieces of fireplaces; To the re-grouting of the bottom of the walls of the flats and other dwelling places to the height of one metre;…

Tenants are not responsible for any repairs that are deemed to be rental repairs when they are caused solely by obsolescence or force majeure.

The cleaning of wells and cesspits is the responsibility of the lessor unless otherwise stipulated.

The lease of furniture provided to furnish an entire house, an entire main building, a shop, or any other flats, is deemed to be made for the ordinary duration of the leases of houses, main buildings, shops or other flats, according to the use of the premises. .

The lease of a furnished flat is deemed to be made for the year, when it has been made for so much per year; For the month, when it has been made for so much per month; For the day, when it has been made for so much per day. If there is no evidence that the lease is made for so much per year, month or day, the tenancy…

If the tenant of a house or flat continues to enjoy it after the expiry of the lease in writing, without opposition from the landlord, he will be deemed to occupy it on the same conditions, for the term fixed by the use of the premises, and may not leave or be evicted from it again until notice has been given within the period fixed by the use of the…