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Article 658 of the French Civil Code

Any co-owner may have the party wall raised; but he alone must pay the expense of the raising and the maintenance repairs above the height of the common fence; he alone must also pay the maintenance costs of the common part of the wall due to the raising and reimburse the neighbouring owner for all expenses made necessary to the latter by the raising.

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Article 658

Tout copropriétaire peut faire exhausser le mur mitoyen ; mais il doit payer seul la dépense de l’exhaussement et les réparations d’entretien au-dessus de la hauteur de la clôture commune ; il doit en outre payer seul les frais d’entretien de la partie commune du mur dus à l’exhaussement et rembourser au propriétaire voisin toutes les dépenses rendues nécessaires à ce dernier par l’exhaussement.

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