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Article 1308 of the French Civil Code

An obligation is optional where it has as its object a certain performance but the debtor has the option, in order to be discharged, of providing another.

The optional obligation is extinguished if performance of the originally agreed service becomes impossible due to force majeure.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article 1308
L’obligation est facultative lorsqu’elle a pour objet une certaine prestation mais que le débiteur a la faculté, pour se libérer, d’en fournir une autre.

L’obligation facultative est éteinte si l’exécution de la prestation initialement convenue devient impossible pour cause de force majeure.

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