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Article 1351 of the French Civil Code

The impossibility of performing the service discharges the debtor to the extent of such impossibility if it is due to force majeure and is definitive, unless the debtor has agreed to take responsibility for it or has been given prior notice.

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Article 1351
L’impossibilité d’exécuter la prestation libère le débiteur à due concurrence lorsqu’elle procède d’un cas de force majeure et qu’elle est définitive, à moins qu’il n’ait convenu de s’en charger ou qu’il ait été préalablement mis en demeure.

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