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Article 1349-1 of the French Civil Code

Where there is joint and several liability between several debtors or between several creditors, and the confusion concerns only one of them, extinction takes place, with regard to the others, only for his share.

Where the confusion concerns a guaranteed obligation, the guarantor, even joint and several, is discharged. Where the confusion concerns the obligation of one of the sureties, the principal debtor is not discharged. The other joint and several guarantors are discharged to the extent of that guarantor’s share.

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Article 1349-1

Lorsqu’il y a solidarité entre plusieurs débiteurs ou entre plusieurs créanciers, et que la confusion ne concerne que l’un d’eux, l’extinction n’a lieu, à l’égard des autres, que pour sa part.

Lorsque la confusion concerne une obligation cautionnée, la caution, même solidaire, est libérée. Lorsque la confusion concerne l’obligation d’une des cautions, le débiteur principal n’est pas libéré. Les autres cautions solidaires sont libérées à concurrence de la part de cette caution.

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