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Article 2301 of the French Civil Code

The person who undertakes to provide a legal or judicial guarantee must be sufficiently solvent to meet the obligation.

If this guarantor becomes insolvent, the debtor must substitute another guarantor, on pain of forfeiture of the term or loss of the advantage subordinated to the provision of the guarantee.

The debtor may substitute a sufficient real security for the legal or judicial guarantee.

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Article 2301

La personne qui s’oblige au titre d’un cautionnement légal ou judiciaire doit avoir une solvabilité suffisante pour répondre de l’obligation.


Si cette caution devient insolvable, le débiteur doit lui substituer une autre caution, sous peine d’être déchu du terme ou de perdre l’avantage subordonné à la fourniture du cautionnement.


Le débiteur peut substituer au cautionnement légal ou judiciaire une sûreté réelle suffisante.

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