French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Liability for defective products
Article 1245-16
…which the claimant knew or should have known of the damage, the defect and the identity of the producer.
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…which the claimant knew or should have known of the damage, the defect and the identity of the producer.
…o deliver the property on completion and the buyer undertakes to take delivery of it and pay the price on the delivery date. Ownership is transferred ipso jure when the completion of the building is r…
…eller and the assignee. These provisions apply to any transfer inter vivos, whether voluntary or forced, or mortis causa.
The seller of a building to be constructed may not be relieved, either before acceptance of the work or before the expiry of a period of one month after the purchaser takes possession, of construction…
…e property of the purchaser as and when they are completed; the purchaser is required to pay the price as the work progresses. The seller retains the powers of the project owner until acceptance of th…
The seller of a building to be constructed is bound, as from acceptance of the work, by the obligations to which architects, contractors and other persons bound to the client by a contract for the hir…
A sale of a building to be constructed is one in which the seller undertakes to build a building within a period specified in the contract. It may be concluded on completion or in a future state of co…
…and his legal representatives, or by the partner whose consent was taken by mistake, fraud or violence.
…property is encumbered by a usufruct, agreements, subject in principle to the provisions of the preceding chapter, may be concluded either between the bare owners or between the usufructuaries, or be…
Where the International Criminal Court so requests, the enforcement of fines and confiscation sentences or decisions concerning reparations handed down by the International Criminal Court shall be aut…
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