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Article 2025 of the French Civil Code

Without prejudice to the rights of the settlor’s creditors holding a right of resale attached to a security published prior to the trust agreement and excluding cases of fraud on the rights of the settlor’s creditors, the trust assets may only be seized by the holders of claims arising from the conservation or management of those assets.

If the trust assets are insufficient, the settlor’s assets constitute the common pledge of these creditors, unless otherwise stipulated in the trust contract placing all or part of the liabilities on the trustee.

The trust contract may also limit the obligation to the trust liabilities to the trust assets alone. Such a clause is enforceable only against creditors who have expressly accepted it.

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Article 2025

Sans préjudice des droits des créanciers du constituant titulaires d’un droit de suite attaché à une sûreté publiée antérieurement au contrat de fiducie et hors les cas de fraude aux droits des créanciers du constituant, le patrimoine fiduciaire ne peut être saisi que par les titulaires de créances nées de la conservation ou de la gestion de ce patrimoine.

En cas d’insuffisance du patrimoine fiduciaire, le patrimoine du constituant constitue le gage commun de ces créanciers, sauf stipulation contraire du contrat de fiducie mettant tout ou partie du passif à la charge du fiduciaire.

Le contrat de fiducie peut également limiter l’obligation au passif fiduciaire au seul patrimoine fiduciaire. Une telle clause n’est opposable qu’aux créanciers qui l’ont expressément acceptée.

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