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Showing 181190 of 44263 articles for Art. CE 23-2-2000 n° 162659

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2390

The mortgage extends to the interest and other accessories of the secured claim. This extension benefits the third party subrogated in the secured claim for the interest and other accessories due to i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Effects of the guarantee between the creditor and the guarantor

Article 2302

…guarantor who is a natural person of the amount of the principal of the debt, interest and other accessories outstanding at 31 December of the previous year in respect of the guaranteed obligation, o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Termination of the guarantee

Article 2318

…f Article 1844-5, the guarantor remains liable for debts arising before the transaction became enforceable against third parties; he only guarantees debts arising subsequently if he agreed to this on…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subtitle I: General provisions

Article 2325

A contractual security interest may be created by the debtor or by a third party. When it is constituted by a third party, the creditor has an action only on the property assigned as security. The pro…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Movable liens

Article 2330

…ess otherwise provided, they do not confer a resale right. They are carried over to the debtor's price claim against the purchaser.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Pledging of tangible movable property

Article 2341

…settlor may, if the agreement so provides, dispose of the things pledged on condition that he replaces them with the same quantity of equivalent things.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Pledging of tangible movable property

Article 2349

…n in the pledge until the debt is fully discharged. Conversely, the heir of the creditor, who has received his portion of the debt, may not surrender the pledge to the prejudice of those of his co-hei…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trust as security

Article 2372-2

In the event of a trust entered into by way of security, the contract shall mention, on pain of nullity, in addition to the provisions set out in

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Assignment of sums of money as security

Article 2374-2

The assignment is enforceable against third parties by delivery of the amount assigned.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Advances

Article 232-20

…tegrated into a circuit is transferred to another circuit during the amortisation period of an advance, the repayment of this advance continues to be charged to the automatic cinema operating accounts…

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