The status of tenancy is defined by a range of laws(French Rural Code) and by Prefects’ decrees. It defines the rights and obligations between owners leasing their property and lease holder farmers. The contract signed is a “Rural lease”.
Definition of tenancy > art L. 411.1 of the Rural Code“Provision in return for payment of property for agricultural use with a view to farming”.See full article
What you should remember
"Provision": transfer of benefit
"In return for payment": financial participation by the farmer (a fixed amount, the tenancy, subject to Prefect’s decree).
"Property for agricultural usage": which excludes forests, moors, maquis.
"Farming" : having an agricultural activity.
Written or verbal lease
Length of the lease
Renewal or termination of the lease
Your commitments as a farmer
Setting up the tenancy
Role of Safer
Indemnities due to the farmer in place
Lease of convenience
Transmission of the lease
