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Showing 10711080 of 52521 articles for Art. 155 IV 2°

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

Article 2342

…s 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 2335

A pledge of another person's thing may be annulled at the request of the creditor who was unaware that the thing did not belong to the grantor.

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

Article 2346

…pledged asset. This sale shall take place in accordance with the procedures set out in the Code of Civil Enforcement Procedures, without the pledge agreement being able to derogate therefrom.Where the…

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

Article 2337

The pledge is enforceable against third parties by the publication made of it.It is also enforceable against third parties by the dispossession in the hands of the creditor or an agreed third party of…

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

Article 2340

Where the same asset is the subject of several successive non-possessory pledges, the ranking of the creditors is governed by the order of their registration. Where an asset given as a non-possessory…

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

Article 2345

…ise agreed, where the holder of the pledged asset is the creditor of the secured debt, he shall receive the fruits of that asset and set them off against the interest or, failing that, against the pri…

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

Article 2338

…istered land motor vehicle or trailer is published by an entry in a register kept by the administrative authority under the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. The registration of su…

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

Article 2343

The pledgor must reimburse the creditor or the agreed third party for useful or necessary expenses incurred by the latter for the preservation of the pledge.

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

Article 2347

The creditor may also obtain a court order that the property shall remain in payment to him.Where the value of the property exceeds the amount of the secured debt, the sum equal to the difference shal…

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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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