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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Liability for defective products

Article 1245-1

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to compensation for damage resulting from injury to the person.They shall also apply to compensation for damage in excess of an amount determined by decree,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Liability for defective products

Article 1245-16

An action for compensation based on the provisions of this chapter shall lapse within three years from the date on which the claimant knew or should have known of the damage, the defect and the identi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Compensation for loss resulting from non-performance of the contract

Article 1231-1

The debtor is ordered, where appropriate, to pay damages either for the non-performance of the obligation or for the delay in performance, if he does not prove that performance was prevented by force…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Liability for defective products

Article 1245-14

Clauses intended to exclude or limit liability for defective products are prohibited and deemed unwritten.However, for damage caused to goods that are not used by the victim primarily for his private…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Actions available to the creditor

Article 1341-1

Where the failure of the debtor to exercise his rights and actions of a proprietary nature compromises the rights of his creditor, the latter may exercise them on behalf of his debtor, with the except…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Payment of undue payments

Article 1302-1

Any person who mistakenly or knowingly receives something that is not due to him must return it to the person from whom he received it unduly.

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Section 2: Assignment of debt

Article 1327-1

If the creditor has agreed to the assignment in advance and has not intervened in it, he may only invoke it or rely on it from the day on which it was notified to him or as soon as he has taken note o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Liability for defective products

Article 1245-15

In the absence of fault on the part of the producer, the producer's liability based on the provisions of this chapter shall be extinguished ten years after the very product which caused the damage was…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Unjust enrichment

Article 1303-1

Enrichment is unjustified where it arises neither from the fulfilment of an obligation by the impoverished person nor from his liberal intention.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Assignment of debt

Article 1328-1

Where the original debtor is not discharged by the creditor, the security interests survive. Otherwise, the securities granted by the original debtor or by third parties only survive with their agreem…

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