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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Assignment of receivables as security

Article 2373-2

Sums paid to the assignee in respect of the assigned claim shall be set off against the secured claim when due. If this is not the case, the assignee retains them under the conditions set out in artic…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Pledges on immovable property.

Article 2382

The creditor may, without losing possession, lease the property either to a third party or to the debtor himself.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Pledges on immovable property.

Article 2380

The provisions relating to mortgages set out in articles 2390,2409 to 2413,2415 and 2450 to 2453 are applicable to real estate pledges.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pledging of intangible movables.

Article 2364

Sums paid in respect of the pledged claim are deducted from the secured claim when it is due.If this is not the case, the pledged creditor retains them as security in a specially allocated account ope…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Effects of the guarantee between the guarantors

Article 2312

If there is more than one guarantor, the one who paid has a personal claim and a subrogatory claim against the others, each for its share.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pledging of intangible movables.

Article 2366

If more has been paid to the pledgee than the secured debt, the pledgee owes the difference to the settlor.

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

Article 2341

Where a pledge with dispossession relates to fungible things, the creditor must keep them separate from things of the same kind which belong to him. Failing this, the pledgor may rely on the provision…

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

Article 2348

It may be agreed, at the time the pledge is created or subsequently, that if the secured obligation is not performed, the creditor will become the owner of the pledged asset.The value of the asset is…

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

Article 2342

Where the non-possessory pledge relates to fungible things, the pledgor may, unless otherwise agreed, dispose of them 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 2350

The sequestration or deposit of sums, effects or values, ordered by a court as a guarantee or as a precautionary measure, entails special allocation and preferential right within the meaning of Articl…

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