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Article L443-1 of the French Insurance Code

Insurance companies authorised to carry out surety business which have provided a surety bond, an endorsement or a guarantee, whether legal, regulatory or contractual in origin, have recourse by operation of law and in all cases against the customer who gave the undertaking, his co-obligors and the persons who acted as surety and, for payments made under their undertaking, subrogation in the rights of the creditor as provided for in article 1346 of the Civil Code.

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Article L443-1

Les entreprises d’assurance habilitées à pratiquer les opérations de caution ayant fourni un cautionnement, un aval ou une garantie, que ces derniers soient d’origine légale, réglementaire ou conventionnelle, disposent de plein droit et dans tous les cas d’un recours contre le client donneur d’ordre de l’engagement, ses coobligés et les personnes qui se sont portées caution et, pour les paiements effectués au titre de leur engagement, de la subrogation dans les droits du créancier prévue à l’article 1346 du code civil.

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