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Article 1673 of the French Civil Code

The seller who makes use of the repurchase agreement must reimburse not only the principal price, but also the expenses and fair costs of the sale, the necessary repairs, and those which have increased the value of the land, up to the amount of this increase. He may not enter into possession until all these obligations have been met.

When the seller re-enters his inheritance by the effect of the repurchase agreement, he takes it back, free of all charges and mortgages with which the purchaser would have encumbered it, on condition that this agreement was duly published in the real estate file, prior to the publication of the said charges and mortgages. The purchaser is bound to execute any leases entered into without fraud.

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Article 1673

Le vendeur qui use du pacte de rachat doit rembourser non seulement le prix principal, mais encore les frais et loyaux coûts de la vente, les réparations nécessaires, et celles qui ont augmenté la valeur du fonds, jusqu’à concurrence de cette augmentation. Il ne peut entrer en possession qu’après avoir satisfait à toutes ces obligations.

Lorsque le vendeur rentre dans son héritage par l’effet du pacte de rachat, il le reprend, exempt de toutes les charges et hypothèques dont l’acquéreur l’aurait grevé, à la condition que ce pacte ait été régulièrement publié au fichier immobilier, antérieurement à la publication desdites charges et hypothèques. Il est tenu d’exécuter les baux faits sans fraude par l’acquéreur.

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