Article 626: Rental contract

1. Under the lease agreement, the lessor who rents the property as a permanent business undertakes to provide the lessee with movable property at the expense of the rent. Property provided under a lease contract shall be used for consumer purposes unless otherwise provided by the contract or derived from the substance of the obligation. 2. The lease contract shall be in writing. 3. The lease contract shall be a public contract (art. 426).