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A foreigner, even one not resident in France, may be summoned before the French courts, for the performance of obligations contracted by him in France with a Frenchman; he may be brought before the co…
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A foreigner, even one not resident in France, may be summoned before the French courts, for the performance of obligations contracted by him in France with a Frenchman; he may be brought before the co…
1. The customs territory comprises the territories and territorial waters of mainland France, Corsica, the French coastal islands, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Mar…
A contract is synallagmatic when the contracting parties bind themselves reciprocally to each other. It is unilateral when one or more persons obligate themselves to one or more others without there b…
Contracts, whether or not they have a proper name, are subject to general rules, which are the subject of this subtitle. The rules particular to certain contracts are set out in the provisions specifi…
Legally formed contracts take the place of law for those who have made them.
A contract is onerous when each of the parties receives a benefit from the other in return for that which he provides. It is gratuitous when one of the parties provides the other with a benefit withou…
The framework contract is an agreement by which the parties agree on the general characteristics of their future contractual relationship. Implementing contracts specify the terms and conditions of th…
A contract is an agreement between two or more persons to create, modify, transfer or extinguish obligations.
The contract is commutative when each of the parties undertakes to procure for the other a benefit which is regarded as equivalent to that which he receives. It is random when the parties agree to mak…
An OTC contract is one in which the stipulations are negotiable between the parties.An adhesion contract is one that includes a set of non-negotiable clauses, determined in advance by one of the parti…
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