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Article 701 of the French Civil Code

The owner of the land liable to the easement may do nothing which tends to diminish its use, or to render it more inconvenient.

Thus, he may not change the state of the premises, or transfer the exercise of the easement to a place other than that to which it was originally assigned.

But, however, if this original assignment had become more onerous for the owner of the land subject to it, or if it prevented him from making advantageous repairs there, he could offer the owner of the other land an equally convenient place for the exercise of his rights, and the latter could not refuse it.

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Article 701

Le propriétaire du fonds débiteur de la servitude ne peut rien faire qui tende à en diminuer l’usage, ou à le rendre plus incommode.

Ainsi, il ne peut changer l’état des lieux, ni transporter l’exercice de la servitude dans un endroit différent de celui où elle a été primitivement assignée.

Mais cependant, si cette assignation primitive était devenue plus onéreuse au propriétaire du fonds assujetti, ou si elle l’empêchait d’y faire des réparations avantageuses, il pourrait offrir au propriétaire de l’autre fonds un endroit aussi commode pour l’exercice de ses droits, et celui-ci ne pourrait pas le refuser.

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