General Law

Del credere

0241-en RE330 Code of Obligations (CO, General/Special Part) As of 11.07.2026


The commission agent who takes over the del credere is liable for punctual fulfilment of the third party with whom he has concluded the execution transaction; he assumes the risk of the quality but not of the existence of the claim acquired for the account of the principal.

Deutsch

Del credere 0241-de

Der Kommissionär, der das del credere übernimmt, haftet für pünktliche Erfüllung des Dritten, mit dem er das Ausführungsgeschäft abgeschlossen hat; er übernimmt die Gefahr der Güte, aber nicht des Bestandes der auf Rechnung des Kommittenten erworbenen Forderung.

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