{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1409","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Interpretation","number":"1409","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1409/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK V - OBLIGATIONS","title":"TITLE I - CONTRACTS IN GENERAL","chapter":"Chapter 4. - Content of the Contract","section":"Section 2. - Effect of Standard Terms","paragraph":"Paragraph 2: Standard Terms Used vis-a-vis Consumers"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"A merchant shall ensure that any written term of a contract is expressed in plain, intelligible language. Where there is doubt about the meaning of a written term, the interpretation most favorable to the consumer shall prevail. This rule on interpretation shall not apply in the context of the procedure laid down in Article 1411.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1409/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":396,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/396/?article=1409&paragraph=p1#article-1409-p1"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}