French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Easements established by law
Article 649
Easements established by law have as their object the public or communal utility, or the utility of private individuals.
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Easements established by law have as their object the public or communal utility, or the utility of private individuals.
The law subjects owners to different obligations towards each other, independently of any agreement.
Where a party wall or house is rebuilt, the active and passive easements continue in respect of the new wall or house, without however being able to be aggravated, and provided that the rebuilding tak…
…or hearth, forge, oven or furnace there, Lean a stable against it, Or establish a salt shop or heap of corrosive substances against that wall, Is obliged to leave the distance prescribed by the partic…
In towns and the countryside, any wall used to separate buildings up to the dwelling, or between courtyards and gardens, and even between enclosures in the fields, is presumed to be a party wall if th…
Trees, shrubs and bushes may only be planted close to the boundary of the neighbouring property at the distance prescribed by the specific regulations currently in force, or by constant and recognised…
…ished by title. Even immemorial possession is not sufficient to establish them, although servitudes of this kind already acquired by possession, in countries where they could be acquired in this way,…
The destination of the father of the family is equivalent to title in respect of continuous and apparent easements.
One of the neighbours may not, without the consent of the other, make any window or opening in the party wall, in any manner whatsoever, even with fixed glass.
The owner of an unpartitioned wall, immediately adjoining the inheritance of another, may make in that wall days or windows with meshed iron and dead glass. Such windows shall be fitted with an iron l…
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