French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Redemption option.
Article 1666
He may set up the benefit of the discussion against his seller's creditors.
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He may set up the benefit of the discussion against his seller's creditors.
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Taxes of any kind and revenue recovered by an enforcement order, mentioned in article L. 252 A of the Book of Tax Procedures, are payable in cash, up to a limit of €300, as the case may be, at the cas…
…secutor may always be present during the execution of investigative measures, even if he is not the main party.
The buyback option may not be stipulated for a term exceeding five years. If it has been stipulated for a longer term, it is reduced to that term.
The judge may, in order to carry out an investigative measure or witness its execution, travel without being assisted by the court clerk.
The seller with a repurchase agreement may exercise his action against a second purchaser, even if the repurchase option was not declared in the second contract.
The public prosecutor in whose district the marriage is to be celebrated may dispense, for serious reasons, with publication and any time limit or with the posting of the publication only.
The examining magistrate shall inform the parties and their lawyers of the conclusions of the experts after having summoned them in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 11…
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