French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions
Article 2291-1
A sub-guarantee is a contract by which a person undertakes to pay the guarantor what the debtor may owe him under the guarantee..
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A sub-guarantee is a contract by which a person undertakes to pay the guarantor what the debtor may owe him under the guarantee..
The privileges of the Treasury and the Social Security funds are determined by the laws that concern them.
…s, the Management Board or the company's senior managers, when exceptional circumstances so require and if the interests of investors or the public so dictate, in accordance with the conditions laid d…
…ers other than portfolio management companies that design financial instruments for sale to clients and investment service providers that offer, recommend or market financial instruments are not subje…
I. - The loans referred to in 3a of article L. 511-6 may be granted when the lending company or a member of its group, on the one hand, and the borrowing company or a member of its group, on the other…
The benefit of division must be invoked by the guarantor as soon as the first proceedings are brought against it. It can only be invoked between solvent guarantors. The insolvency of a guarantor on th…
The benefit of discussion must be invoked by the guarantor from the first proceedings brought against him. The guarantor must indicate to the creditor the debtor's assets that may be seized, which may…
…ns, which are registered by the administrative authority designated by decree in the Conseil d'Etat:1° Those made on the grounds of marriage to a French spouse;2° Those made pursuant to Article 21-13-…
An obligation contracted under a condition whose performance depends solely on the will of the debtor is null. This nullity cannot be invoked where the obligation was performed with full knowledge of…
He to whom the oath is referred and who refuses it or does not wish to refer it, or he to whom it has been referred and who refuses it, succeeds in his claim.
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