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Article 2341 of the French Civil Code

Where a pledge with dispossession relates to fungible things, the creditor must keep them separate from things of the same kind which belong to him. Failing this, the pledgor may rely on the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 2344.

If the agreement releases the creditor from this obligation, he acquires ownership of the things pledged on condition that he returns the same quantity of equivalent things.

In the case referred to in the first paragraph, the settlor may, if the agreement so provides, dispose of the things pledged on condition that he replaces them with the same quantity of equivalent things.

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Article 2341

Lorsque le gage avec dépossession a pour objet des choses fongibles, le créancier doit les tenir séparées des choses de même nature qui lui appartiennent. A défaut, le constituant peut se prévaloir des dispositions du premier alinéa de l’article 2344.

Si la convention dispense le créancier de cette obligation, il acquiert la propriété des choses gagées à charge de restituer la même quantité de choses équivalentes.

Dans le cas visé au premier alinéa, le constituant peut, si la convention le prévoit, aliéner les choses gagées à charge de les remplacer par la même quantité de choses équivalentes.

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