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Showing 131140 of 62763 articles for Art. Arrêté DEVL1507007A of 23-3-2015

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

If the secured debt is not paid, the creditor may pursue the sale of the pledged asset. This sale shall take place in accordance with the procedures set out in the Code of Civil Enforcement Procedures…

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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

Unless otherwise 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, ag…

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

Article 2338

The pledge is published by an entry in a special register, the terms of which are regulated by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.Unless it is subject to article 2342, a pledge relating to a registered land…

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

Article 2343

…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

…itor 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 shall be pai…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Assignment of receivables as security

Article 2373

Ownership of a claim may be assigned as security for an obligation by the effect of a contract concluded pursuant to articles 1321 to 1326.

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

Article 2348

…r 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 determined on the day of the transfer by an expert ap…

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