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Article 1724 of the French Civil Code

If, during the lease, the leased thing requires urgent repairs that cannot be deferred until its end, the lessee must suffer them, whatever inconvenience they cause him, and even though he is deprived, while they are being carried out, of part of the leased thing.

But, if these repairs last for more than twenty-one days, the price of the lease shall be reduced in proportion to the time and the part of the thing leased of which he shall have been deprived.

If the repairs are of such a nature as to render uninhabitable what is necessary for the lodging of the lessee and his family, he may have the lease terminated.

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Original in French 🇫🇷
Article 1724

Si, durant le bail, la chose louée a besoin de réparations urgentes et qui ne puissent être différées jusqu’à sa fin, le preneur doit les souffrir, quelque incommodité qu’elles lui causent, et quoiqu’il soit privé, pendant qu’elles se font, d’une partie de la chose louée.

Mais, si ces réparations durent plus de vingt et un jours, le prix du bail sera diminué à proportion du temps et de la partie de la chose louée dont il aura été privé.

Si les réparations sont de telle nature qu’elles rendent inhabitable ce qui est nécessaire au logement du preneur et de sa famille, celui-ci pourra faire résilier le bail.

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