French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Content of the contract
Article 1170
Any clause that deprives the debtor's essential obligation of its substance is deemed unwritten.
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Any clause that deprives the debtor's essential obligation of its substance is deemed unwritten.
…ay affix it in electronic form if the conditions for such affixing are such as to guarantee that it can only be made by himself.
…ement to send several copies is deemed to have been met by electronic means if the written document can be printed by the recipient.
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.
…subject to the observance of forms determined by law, failing which the contract is void, unless it can be regularised. In addition, the law makes the formation of certain contracts subject to the del…
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.
…ions mentioned in the first paragraph and evidenced by a notarised deed signed before 1st January 2011. The deliberation takes effect within the timeframe and under the conditions set out in article 1…
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…
Transactions carried out by the State and governed by Title III of Ordinance no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 relating to the governance and capital transactions of companies with public shareholdings d…
Life certificates are exempt from registration.
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