Tenant Eviction Based on Impossible Lease Extension Condition

A tenant, who had been granted a lease extension under specific conditions that required them to perform certain work on the leased premises, appealed a decision that ordered their eviction, arguing that the subsequent administrative authorization to carry out the work had been denied, thus making the performance of the condition impossible. The Court of Cassation quashed the lower court's decision, reasoning that the impossibility of performance due to external administrative factors, unforeseeable at the time of the agreement, rendered the condition suspensive and, once that condition became permanently impossible, the obligation to uphold the lease extension ceased, thereby justifying the refusal to enforce the eviction order.