Background and Aim:One of the conditions that the parties agree on when drafting the contract is determining the condition of the obligation. The present article seeks to examine the "adjustment of the contractual obligation in French civil law before and after the 2016 amendment."
Materials and Methods:The research method is comparative and the data collection method is documentary-legal analysis.
Ethical considerations:The writing of the present article is based on the observance of ethical principles of writing articles, including fidelity in citation.
Findings:Comparison of previous laws and the amendment of the French Civil Code (2016) is mainly based on compliance and convergence with the international environment is influenced by the phenomenon of globalization in order to be able to modernize it while maintaining the original structure of the civil law.
Conclusion:The French legislature seeks to bring contracts and their obligations into line with European law. In the next step, to ensure equality and observance between the interests of the parties, regardless of market requirements. In this sense, it is a progressive law that other legal systems can take advantage of, taking into account indigenous conditions.