Question juridique clé
Whether the defendant satisfied the statutory conditions for exercising the farmer’s pre-emption right under Art. 47 LDFR
Solution extraite
No. The defendant was neither owner nor economically holder of an agricultural enterprise, so the statutory condition was not met.
Motifs extraits
For Art. 47 al. 2 let. b LDFR, the pre-empting farmer must already own an agricultural enterprise; the right serves to improve an existing enterprise, not to create one. Leased land is not counted when assessing ownership of such an enterprise, and Art. 7 al. 4 let. c LDFR does not change that result here.