French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: The lender's obligations.
Article 1899
The lender may not reclaim the things lent before the agreed term.
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The lender may not reclaim the things lent before the agreed term.
If the borrower uses the thing for another purpose, or for a longer time than he ought, he shall be liable for the loss that has occurred, even by fortuitous event.
The obligation resulting from a loan of money is always only for the sum stated in the contract.If there has been an increase or decrease in cash before the time of payment, the debtor must return the…
Nevertheless, if, during this period, or before the borrower's need has ceased, the lender has a pressing and unforeseen need for his thing, the judge may, depending on the circumstances, oblige the b…
If, during the term of the loan, the borrower has been obliged, for the preservation of the item, to incur any extraordinary, necessary, and so urgent expenditure that he was unable to notify the lend…
By the effect of this loan, the borrower becomes the owner of the thing lent; and it is for him that it perishes, in whatever way this loss occurs.
Things which, although of the same species, are different, such as animals, cannot be given as a loan for consumption: then it is a loan for use.
A loan for use is a contract by which one of the parties delivers a thing to the other for use, with the onus on the taker to return it after use.
The commitments which are formed by a loan for use pass to the heirs of the one who lends, and to the heirs of the one who borrows.But if one has lent only in consideration of the borrower, and to him…
If it is ingots or commodities that have been lent, whatever the increase or decrease in their price, the debtor must always return the same quantity and quality, and must return only that.
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