The commission merchant shall take all necessary steps for the preservation of the goods sent to him on behalf of the principal and safeguard the latter’s rights against the carrier when the goods seem to have been damaged or their arrival has been delayed.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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.
Article 2405
Measures of Preservation · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
He shall forthwith notify these incidents to the principal, as well as the fact that the goods have not arrived.
Such duties shall be carried out by a person notwithstanding that he has not accepted the commission, where the commission falls within his professional activity.