(1) If a usufruct is held by a legal person, then it is transferable subject to the following provisions:
1. Where the assets of the legal person, by way of universal succession, devolve to another, the usufruct likewise devolves to the successor in title, unless devolution expressly is excluded.
2. Where an enterprise operated by a legal person or a part of such an enterprise otherwise is transferred to another, a usufruct also may be transferred to the acquirer if it is suited to serve the purposes of the enterprise or of the part of the enterprise. Whether these prerequisites are met is established by a declaration of the competent Land authority. The declaration is binding upon the courts and the administrative authorities. The Land governments specify the competent Land authority by statutory instrument. The Land governments may, by statutory instrument, transfer the authorisation to the Land departments of justice.
(2) A partnership having legal personality is equivalent to a legal person.