By Yasmine EDDAM
22 April 2025
The law is never static, and the field of commercial leases, which is essential to economic life, is no exception to this rule. In recent years, a number of major legislative texts, as well as exceptional situations such as the health crisis, have modified or clarified certain important aspects of the status of commercial leases. In particular, the 2014 Pinel Act sought to rebalance relations between lessors and lessees, while the COVID-19 pandemic raised unprecedented questions about the performance of contracts. For entrepreneurs, shopkeepers and craftsmen, as well as for owners of commercial premises, it is important to understand these changes so that they can better grasp their current rights and obligations. This article explains the main recent changes and their practical consequences. The Pinel Act (2014): structural changes Act no. 2014-626 of 18 June 2014, known as the Pinel Act, introduced a series of significant changes to the status of commercial leases,...
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