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Article 2300 of the French Civil Code

If the guarantee given by a natural person to a professional creditor was, at the time it was entered into, manifestly disproportionate to the income and assets of the guarantor, it shall be reduced to the amount to which the guarantor could have committed himself at that date.

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Article 2300

Si le cautionnement souscrit par une personne physique envers un créancier professionnel était, lors de sa conclusion, manifestement disproportionné aux revenus et au patrimoine de la caution, il est réduit au montant à hauteur duquel elle pouvait s’engager à cette date.

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