Article L211-38 of the French Monetary and Financial Code
I. – As security for the present or future financial obligations referred to in article L. 211-36, the parties may provide for the delivery in full ownership, enforceable against third parties without formalities, of financial instruments, goods represented by a warehouse receipt, bills, debts, contracts or sums of money, or the creation of securities on such goods or rights, can be realised, even when one of the parties is the…