Article 1888 of the French Civil Code
The lender may only withdraw the thing lent after the agreed term or, in the absence of an agreement, after it has served the purpose for which it was borrowed.
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The lender may only withdraw the thing lent after the agreed term or, in the absence of an agreement, after it has served the purpose for which it was borrowed.
Nevertheless, if, during this period, or before the borrower’s need has ceased, the lender has a pressing and unforeseen need for his thing, the judge may, depending on the circumstances, oblige the borrower to return it to him. .
If, during the term of the loan, the borrower has been obliged, for the preservation of the item, to incur any extraordinary, necessary, and so urgent expenditure that he was unable to notify the lender, the lender shall be obliged to reimburse him. .
Where the thing lent has defects such that it may cause harm to the person using it the lender is liable, if he knew of the defects and did not warn the borrower.
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