{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1758","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Period for Relying on a Nonconformity","number":"1758","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1758/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK VI - SPECIAL CONTRACTS","title":"TITLE I - CONTRACTS RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP AND OTHER RIGHTS","chapter":"Chapter 1. - Sale","section":"Section 1. - General Provisions","paragraph":"iii. - Warranty Against Defects in the Things"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"The buyer loses the right to rely on a lack of conformity of the things if he does not give notice to the seller specifying the nature of the lack of conformity within a reasonable time after he has discovered it or ought to have discovered it.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1758/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":495,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/495/?article=1758&paragraph=p1#article-1758-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"In any event, the buyer loses the right to rely on a lack of conformity of the things if he does not give the seller notice thereof at the latest within a period of two years from the date on which the things were actually handed over to the buyer, unless this time-limit is inconsistent with a contractual period of guarantee.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1758/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":495,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/495/?article=1758&paragraph=p2#article-1758-p2"}]}],"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."}