French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Binding force
Article 1194
Contracts are binding not only on what is expressed in them, but also on all the consequences that equity, usage or the law give them.
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Contracts are binding not only on what is expressed in them, but also on all the consequences that equity, usage or the law give them.
Contracts are in principle consensual. By way of exception, the validity of solemn contracts is subject to the observance of forms determined by law, failing which the contract is void, unless it can…
A contract validly formed lapses if one of its essential elements disappears. Where the performance of several contracts is necessary for the performance of the same transaction and one of them disapp…
A contract for valuable consideration is void where, at the time of its formation, the consideration agreed for the benefit of the person making the commitment is illusory or derisory.
Nullity is absolute where the rule infringed has as its object the safeguarding of the general interest. It is relative where the rule infringed has as its sole object the safeguarding of a private in…
The free allotment by a company to all its employees of shares or corporate units in its capital does not give rise to the levying of any tax. The application of this provision is limited to transacti…
…ral fee referred to in 2° of Article 1018 A, payable for decisions rendered pursuant to the article 778 of the code of criminal procedure, for the rectification of entries made in criminal records, is…
Life certificates are exempt from registration.
The costs of proceedings for revision of criminal and correctional trials, made after the admissibility judgment, are advanced by the Treasury. If the final revision judgment or ruling pronounces a co…
…alues of any kind set out in the deeds deposited and liable to the proportional duty do not exceed €75, are registered free of charge.
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