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Article L511-65 of the French Commercial code

The drawer, an endorser or a guarantor may indicate a person to accept or pay as required.

The bill of exchange may, under the conditions hereinafter determined, be accepted or paid by a person intervening on behalf of any debtor exposed to recourse.

The intervening person may be a third party, even the drawee, or a person already obliged under the bill of exchange, except the acceptor.

The intervening person is required to give notice of his intervention to the person for whom he has intervened within two working days. In the event of failure to comply with this time limit, he shall be liable, where appropriate, for the loss caused by his negligence without the damages being able to exceed the amount of the bill of exchange.

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Article L511-65

Le tireur, un endosseur ou un avaliseur peut indiquer une personne pour accepter ou payer au besoin.

La lettre de change peut être, sous les conditions déterminées ci-après, acceptée ou payée par une personne intervenant pour un débiteur quelconque exposé au recours.

L’intervenant peut être un tiers, même le tiré, ou une personne déjà obligée en vertu de la lettre de change, sauf l’accepteur.

L’intervenant est tenu de donner, dans un délai de deux jours ouvrables, avis de son intervention à celui pour qui il est intervenu. En cas d’inobservation de ce délai, il est responsable, s’il y a lieu, du préjudice causé par sa négligence sans que les dommages-intérêts puissent dépasser le montant de la lettre de change.

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