French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.
Article 2221
Extinctive prescription is subject to the law governing the right it affects.
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Extinctive prescription is subject to the law governing the right it affects.
The suspension of the limitation period temporarily halts its course without erasing the period that has already run.
Acknowledgement by the debtor of the right of the person against whom he was prescribing interrupts the prescription period.
The limitation period is suspended from the day on which, after a dispute has arisen, the parties agree to have recourse to mediation or conciliation or, in the absence of a written agreement, from th…
The interruption is null and void if the claimant withdraws his claim or allows the proceedings to lapse, or if his claim is definitively rejected.
Creditors, or any other person with an interest in prescription being acquired, may set it up against or invoke it even when the debtor waives it.
A person may act as surety for the creditor on behalf of the person who guaranteed the principal debtor.
The limitation period or the period of foreclosure is also interrupted by a precautionary measure taken in application of the Code of Civil Enforcement Procedures or an act of forced execution.
The statute of limitations is also suspended when the judge grants a request for an investigative measure submitted before any trial.The statute of limitations starts to run again, for a period of not…
Only an acquired prescription is subject to renunciation.
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