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Where a change of nationality is subject, under the terms of an international convention, to the performance of an act of option, the form of that act is determined by the law of the contracting count…
The producer may not invoke the ground for exoneration provided for in 4° of article 1245-10 where the damage was caused by an element of the human body or by products derived from it.
…the future.Failing this, and unless otherwise agreed, the assignor is jointly and severally liable to perform the contract.
The producer's liability towards the victim is not reduced by the act of a third party who contributed to the occurrence of the damage.
The provisions of this chapter are without prejudice to any rights which the victim of damage may have under contractual or extra-contractual liability law or under a special liability regime.The prod…
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to compensation for damage resulting from injury to the person.They shall also apply to compensation for damage in excess of an amount determined by decree,…
An action for compensation based on the provisions of this chapter shall lapse within three years from the date on which the claimant knew or should have known of the damage, the defect and the identi…
The debtor is ordered, where appropriate, to pay damages either for the non-performance of the obligation or for the delay in performance, if he does not prove that performance was prevented by force…
Clauses intended to exclude or limit liability for defective products are prohibited and deemed unwritten.However, for damage caused to goods that are not used by the victim primarily for his private…
…is chapter shall be extinguished ten years after the very product which caused the damage was put into circulation unless, during this period, the victim has taken legal action..
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