Key legal question
Whether the appellant could invoke the exception for maintaining a long-term lease of a farm under Art. 64(1)(a) LDFR.
Extracted holding
The exception was not proven because no sufficiently concrete and reliable lease continuation was shown after the existing lease ended.
Extracted reasoning
The court accepted that maintaining an affermage can justify an exception, but held that mere intentions were insufficient. The appellant had not established a renewed lease, a contract with a new operator, or another serious commitment to continue the affermage.