{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1762","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Prescription of Right of Action and Defenses","number":"1762","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1762/","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":"Rights of action and defenses based on a lack of conformity are prescribed by the lapse of two years from the notification given according to the preceding Articles.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1762/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":496,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/496/?article=1762&paragraph=p1#article-1762-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"However, the buyer retains, as a defense against an action for payment, the power to invoke his right to a reduction in the price in accordance with Article 1792 or his right to reparation of damage, except for loss of profit.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1762/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":496,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/496/?article=1762&paragraph=p2#article-1762-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."}