Termination and extension of the lease

The usufructuary lease ends upon expiry of the period for which the lease had been entered into. In the case of usufructuary leases concluded for at least three years, it is extended for an indefinite period of time if, upon the inquiry of one of the parties to the lease as to whether the other party is willing to continue the lease, the latter does not refuse continuation within a period of three months. The inquiry and the refusal require the written form. The inquiry is without effect if no explicit reference is made in it to the consequences of disregarding it and if it is not made in the course of the third-but-last year of the lease.