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As indicated in a recent article
1, the payment of commercial rents during successive
lockdown periods is an issue that has given rise to numerous
disputes.
In that article, we pointed that arguments based on
force majeure, unforeseeability (a French law concept close to that
of hardship) or non-performance, often used by lessees as a
justification for not paying rent, had been dismissed in the
majority of court decisions handed down on this subject. In this
context, the preferred course of action seemed to be the
renegotiation of the lease agreement and its adaptation to the
circumstances, as per the principle of good faith that governs the