{"id":15347,"date":"2020-05-29T15:01:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T13:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lpalaw.com\/le-covid-19-exonere-t-il-votre-responsabilite-en-cas-de-non-respect-dune-obligation-en-droit-francais\/"},"modified":"2020-05-29T15:15:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T13:15:22","slug":"will-covid-19-exempt-your-responsibility-from-failure-to-perform-your-obligation-under-french-civil-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lpalaw.com\/en\/will-covid-19-exempt-your-responsibility-from-failure-to-perform-your-obligation-under-french-civil-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Covid-19 exempt your responsibility from failure to perform your obligation under French civil law?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Will Covid-19 exempt your responsibility from failure to perform your obligation under French civil law?<\/h2>\n<p>In this article, we consider if failure to perform your obligation in relation to Covid-19 will exempt your responsibility for \u201cforce majeure\u201d or \u201cunpredictability\u201d under the French civil law. We also look into whether a tenant, prohibited to do business by the French government due to Covid-19, will be exempt from paying the rent or entitled to reduce it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/covid19-businesspractices.com\/2020\/05\/29\/default-france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here <\/a>to read the article [in Japanese].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Covid-19 exempt your responsibility from failure to perform your obligation under French civil law? In this article, we consider if failure to perform your obligation in relation to Covid-19 will exempt your responsibility for \u201cforce majeure\u201d or \u201cunpredictability\u201d under the French civil law. 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