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Article 2332-2 of the French Civil Code

General liens are exercised in the order of article 2331, with the exception of the preferential claim of the Treasury, the ranking of which is determined by the laws concerning it, and the preferential claim of social security funds, which comes in the same rank as the preferential claim of employees. Preferential creditors who are in the same rank are paid by concurrence.

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Article 2332-3 of the French Civil Code

The special liens of the lessor of immovable property, the conservator and the seller of movable property are exercised in the following order: 1° The lien of the conservator, where the costs of conservation are subsequent to the creation of the other liens; 2° The lien of the lessor of immovable property, who was unaware of the existence of the other liens; 3° The lien of the conservator, where the…

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Article 2333 of the French Civil Code

A pledge is an agreement by which the pledgor grants a creditor the right to be paid in preference to his other creditors on a present or future movable asset or group of movable tangible assets. Secured claims may be present or future; in the latter case, they must be determinable.

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Article 2337 of the French Civil Code

The pledge is enforceable against third parties by the publication made of it. It is also enforceable against third parties by the dispossession in the hands of the creditor or an agreed third party of the property which is the subject of it or of the document of title which, such as a bill of lading, represents it. Where the pledge has been duly published, the successors in title of…

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Article 2338 of the French Civil Code

The pledge is published by an entry in a special register, the terms of which are regulated by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. Unless it is subject to article 2342, a pledge relating to a registered land motor vehicle or trailer is published by an entry in a register kept by the administrative authority under the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. The registration of such a…

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