Le présent mémoire a pour but de présenter une analyse des règles de droit s'appliquant aux sûretés grevant des valeurs mobilières indirectement détenues, ou détenues auprès d'un intermédiaire, en Amérique du Nord. Afin de procéder à cette étude, il sera nécessaire d'expliquer brièvement le fonctionnement du système de détention indirecte des valeurs mobilières et de déterminer la nature juridique de la valeur mobilière indirectement détenue et des droits de l'investisseur à son égard. Une analyse critique sera faite des différents cadres juridiques nord-américains applicables aux sûretés grevant ce type de valeurs mobilières en examinant, d'abord, les règles du droit civil québécois. Seront ensuite étudiées les règles du droit des sûretés des provinces canadiennes de common law de même que les règles du droit américain. Un tel examen nous permettra d'identifier les lacunes de chacun de ces cadres juridiques et de constater le manque d'uniformité entre eux. Afin d'apporter des solutions juridique à ce manque d'uniformisation, le présent mémoire analysera finalement les objectifs recherchés et les règles proposées par la Conférence pour l'harmonisation des lois au Canada, UNIDROIT et la Communauté européenne en matière d'harmonisation des règles du droit des sûretés grevant des valeurs mobilières indirectement détenues. / The objective of this master thesis is to present an analysis of the laws applicable to security interests in indirectly held securities, or securities held with an intermediary, in North America. In order to do so, it will be useful to brief1y explain the mechanism of the indirect holding system and to determine the legal nature of both the indirectly held security and the investors' rights in such securities. A critical analysis will be made of different national legal frameworks applicable to securities interests in indirectly held securities, beginning by the rules of Quebec civil law. The legal framework applicable in the other Canadian provinces and in the United-States will then be analyzed. Such analysis will allow us to identify the deficiencies ofthese legal frameworks and to identify a need for uniformity among them. In order to identify legal solutions for the harmonization of North American laws pertaining to security interests in indirectly held securities, this master thesis will analyzed the objectives and the rules proposed by the Uniform Law Conference of Canada, UNIDROIT and the European community.

A presente dissertação examina a cessão fiduciária do direito do acionista aos dividendos, bem como a titularidade fiduciária (garantia real) dela resultante. A razão para a análise desses institutos deve-se ao aumento no uso desta forma de garantia em operações financeiras complexas realizadas no mercado nacional. Primeiramente, é feita uma análise das diversas acepções (perfis) que o direito do acionista ao dividendo pode assumir no contexto do ordenamento jurídico nacional, para daí concluir que tal direito é passível de cessão tanto em sua condição de crédito, presente ou futuro (a depender, justamente, da existência ou não de lucros sociais já deliberados), quanto em sua condição de direito expectativo. Isto é, de direito que o acionista detém, a partir do momento em que se torna titular de ações, de vir a adquirir direitos de créditos de dividendos a serem distribuídos pela companhia de tempos em tempos. Em razão da necessidade da imediata constituição da garantia real, especialmente diante de uma eventual falência ou recuperação judicial do devedor, este trabalho conclui que a titularidade fiduciária deve recair sobre o direito expectativo aos dividendos, visto ser ele um direito já existente e que permite ao seu respectivo titular se tornar, direta e imediatamente, proprietário dos créditos de dividendos que vierem a ser futuramente distribuídos pela companhia, desde que estes estejam limitados a certos valores e/ou períodos previamente acordados entre o credor/financiador e o devedor/acionista. Ademais, apesar de ser um direito inerente à participação social, o destaque e a cessão autônoma do direito expectativo aos dividendos não conflita com o disposto no art. 28 da LSA. O presente estudo argumenta também que o credor fiduciário pode, nos termos do art. 113 da LSA, exercer certos direitos de voto na companhia, desde que (1) o objeto da garantia seja o direito expectativo aos dividendos e (2) a sua influência nas deliberações sociais restrinja-se a estabelecer a forma como o lucro social será apurado e distribuído pela sociedade. Por fim, é argumentado também que, por ser uma garantia que recai sobre direitos patrimoniais pagos em dinheiro, duas consequências imediatas revelam- se aplicáveis: (i) durante o período em que não existe qualquer inadimplemento ou vencimento regular da dívida garantida, os dividendos que vierem a ser pagos pela companhia deverão ser destinados ao acionista devedor, podendo o credor deles se beneficiar apenas quando existir o efetivo vencimento ou inadimplemento da dívida; e (ii) durante o período de inadimplemento ou na data de vencimento regular da dívida, o credor pode reter os recursos necessários à satisfação de seu crédito, desde que restitua o eventual excedente ao acionista devedor, não havendo, por isso, razão que justifique o enquadramento da excussão da garantia como sendo uma violação à proibição do pacto comissório, conforme prevista no Direito brasileiro. / This dissertation examines the fiduciary assignment of shareholders rights to dividends, as well as the fiduciary ownership (security interest) resulting from it. The reason for the analysis of these legal institutes comes from the increasing use of this type of security interest in complex financial transactions carried out in the local markets. Firstly, this works conducts the analysis of the various meanings (perspectives) which shareholders\' rights to dividends may have in different contexts of the Brazilian legal system, concluding that this right may be transferred either as a credit right, existing in the present or in the future (depending precisely on the existence of corporate profits already distributed or not), or as an expectance right. By this last one, we mean the right held by the shareholder as soon as he/she/it becomes the owner of the shares issued by a certain company that enables him/her/it to become the owner of the dividends distributed by the company from time to time. Due to the importance of the immediate granting of the security interest, especially in light of a possible bankruptcy or judicial reorganization process involving the debtor, this paper concludes that the fiduciary ownership should have the expectance right to dividends as its underlying asset. This is so because such right is already an existing right that allows the shareholder to become, directly and immediately, the owner of the dividends to be distributed by the company in the future, as long as those dividends are limited to certain amounts or periods previously agreed between the creditor/financier and the debtor/shareholder. Furthermore, despite being an inherent right to the equity stake, the detach of the expectance right to dividends from the shares which comes from, following by its assignment to other parties, does not conflict with the provision set forth in Section 28 of the Brazilian Corporation Act. This study also argues that the secured creditor may exercise certain voting rights in the company responsible for the payment of the dividends, pursuant to Section 113 of the Brazilian Corporation Act, provided that: (1) the underlying asset of the security interest is the expectance right to dividends; and (2) his/her/its influence in the companys decisions is limited to the manner according to which the corporate profits will be accounted and distributed by the company. Finally, it is also argued that, for being a security interest that has receivables as its underlying assets, two consequences turn out to be applicable. (i) Over the period in which there is no default or regular maturity of the secured debt, dividends paid by the company shall be allocated in favor of the shareholder/debtor. The creditor will be able to receive them in the maturity date or upon the occurrence of a default only. (ii) Over a default period or on the regular maturity date, the creditor may retain the necessary amount of dividends to satisfy his/her/its credit, provided that any excess cash shall be transferred to the shareholder/debtor, reason for which there are reasonable grounds to sustain that this foreclosure mechanism does not violate the non-retention of collateral assets convention rule (pacto comissório) provided under Brazilian law.

Le présent mémoire a pour but de présenter une analyse des règles de droit s'appliquant aux sûretés grevant des valeurs mobilières indirectement détenues, ou détenues auprès d'un intermédiaire, en Amérique du Nord. Afin de procéder à cette étude, il sera nécessaire d'expliquer brièvement le fonctionnement du système de détention indirecte des valeurs mobilières et de déterminer la nature juridique de la valeur mobilière indirectement détenue et des droits de l'investisseur à son égard. Une analyse critique sera faite des différents cadres juridiques nord-américains applicables aux sûretés grevant ce type de valeurs mobilières en examinant, d'abord, les règles du droit civil québécois. Seront ensuite étudiées les règles du droit des sûretés des provinces canadiennes de common law de même que les règles du droit américain. Un tel examen nous permettra d'identifier les lacunes de chacun de ces cadres juridiques et de constater le manque d'uniformité entre eux. Afin d'apporter des solutions juridique à ce manque d'uniformisation, le présent mémoire analysera finalement les objectifs recherchés et les règles proposées par la Conférence pour l'harmonisation des lois au Canada, UNIDROIT et la Communauté européenne en matière d'harmonisation des règles du droit des sûretés grevant des valeurs mobilières indirectement détenues. / The objective of this master thesis is to present an analysis of the laws applicable to security interests in indirectly held securities, or securities held with an intermediary, in North America. In order to do so, it will be useful to brief1y explain the mechanism of the indirect holding system and to determine the legal nature of both the indirectly held security and the investors' rights in such securities. A critical analysis will be made of different national legal frameworks applicable to securities interests in indirectly held securities, beginning by the rules of Quebec civil law. The legal framework applicable in the other Canadian provinces and in the United-States will then be analyzed. Such analysis will allow us to identify the deficiencies ofthese legal frameworks and to identify a need for uniformity among them. In order to identify legal solutions for the harmonization of North American laws pertaining to security interests in indirectly held securities, this master thesis will analyzed the objectives and the rules proposed by the Uniform Law Conference of Canada, UNIDROIT and the European community. / "Mémoire présenté à la Faculté des études supérieures en vue de l'obtention du grade de Maîtrise en droit option recherche et droit des affaires". Ce mémoire a été accepté à l'unanimité et classé parmi les 15% des mémoires de la discipline. Commentaires du jury : "Il s'agit d'un mémoire de grande qualité. Le jury tient à souligner l'excellente étude de droit comparé qu'il présente ainsi que l'exposé clair et réfléchi du nouveau régime proposé par la législation".

L'avènement des nouvelles technologies a modifié considérablement le marché des valeurs mobilières. Le certificat représentant les actions de personnes morales s'est dématérialisé, facilitant et augmentant la rapidité des échanges, mais en causant de nouveaux problèmes, notamment à cause de l'incertitude juridique entourant les transferts et les sûretés sur les valeurs mobilières et autres actifs financiers. Pour répondre à ces problématiques, le Uniform Commercial Code américain a créé de nouveaux concepts et de nouvelles règles applicables au régime de détention indirecte. S'inspirant du modèle américain, un effort international d'harmonisation a été déployé, comme en témoignent, entre autres, les initiatives de la Conférence de La Haye, d'UNIDROIT et de la Conférence pour l'harmonisation des lois au Canada. C'est ainsi que le Québec a adopté la Loi sur le transfert de valeurs mobilières et l'obtention de titres intermédiés, afin de combler les lacunes d'un régime devenu désuet. Toutefois, le projet de loi s'inscrit-il avec le régime civiliste du Québec? Le particulier peut-il hypothéquer des valeurs mobilières? Où se situent les titres dématérialisés et intermédiés? Nous tenterons de répondre à ces questions en deux temps ; premièrement, nous étudierons l'évolution des régimes de transfert et de sûretés sur les valeurs mobilières et autres actifs financiers ainsi que leurs particularités. Ensuite, nous étudierons la loi québécoise en parallèle avec les différents instruments d'harmonisation et avec le régime civiliste québécois des sûretés. / New technologies changed financial markets. Where securities were represented by certificates, now often, they are dematerialised and held indirectly in order to facilitate and expedite trades. However, this situation caused new problems since the legislation was inadequate to regulate the indirect holding system. The american Uniform Commercial Code enacted a new and unique legislation in order to respond to the legal uncertainty. Following the Americans, an international effort rised in order to harmonise legislation pertaining to the transfers and security interests on securities and other investment properties, namely, the Hague Conference, UNIDROIT and the Uniform Law Conference of Canada, just to name a few. Accordingly, Quebec adopted the Act respecting the transfer of securities and the establishment of security entitlements, in order to respond to the actual discrepancies. However, does the Act integrate itself harmoniously within the civil law tradition? May the private citizen grant a hypothec on securities? Where are situated uncertificated or indirectly held securities? We will attempt to answer these questions in two parts; firstly, we will study the evolution and particulars of the transfers and security interests on securities and other investment properties. Secondly, we will study the Quebec Act in respect with other legislations and with the civil law rules.

A presente dissertação examina a cessão fiduciária do direito do acionista aos dividendos, bem como a titularidade fiduciária (garantia real) dela resultante. A razão para a análise desses institutos deve-se ao aumento no uso desta forma de garantia em operações financeiras complexas realizadas no mercado nacional. Primeiramente, é feita uma análise das diversas acepções (perfis) que o direito do acionista ao dividendo pode assumir no contexto do ordenamento jurídico nacional, para daí concluir que tal direito é passível de cessão tanto em sua condição de crédito, presente ou futuro (a depender, justamente, da existência ou não de lucros sociais já deliberados), quanto em sua condição de direito expectativo. Isto é, de direito que o acionista detém, a partir do momento em que se torna titular de ações, de vir a adquirir direitos de créditos de dividendos a serem distribuídos pela companhia de tempos em tempos. Em razão da necessidade da imediata constituição da garantia real, especialmente diante de uma eventual falência ou recuperação judicial do devedor, este trabalho conclui que a titularidade fiduciária deve recair sobre o direito expectativo aos dividendos, visto ser ele um direito já existente e que permite ao seu respectivo titular se tornar, direta e imediatamente, proprietário dos créditos de dividendos que vierem a ser futuramente distribuídos pela companhia, desde que estes estejam limitados a certos valores e/ou períodos previamente acordados entre o credor/financiador e o devedor/acionista. Ademais, apesar de ser um direito inerente à participação social, o destaque e a cessão autônoma do direito expectativo aos dividendos não conflita com o disposto no art. 28 da LSA. O presente estudo argumenta também que o credor fiduciário pode, nos termos do art. 113 da LSA, exercer certos direitos de voto na companhia, desde que (1) o objeto da garantia seja o direito expectativo aos dividendos e (2) a sua influência nas deliberações sociais restrinja-se a estabelecer a forma como o lucro social será apurado e distribuído pela sociedade. Por fim, é argumentado também que, por ser uma garantia que recai sobre direitos patrimoniais pagos em dinheiro, duas consequências imediatas revelam- se aplicáveis: (i) durante o período em que não existe qualquer inadimplemento ou vencimento regular da dívida garantida, os dividendos que vierem a ser pagos pela companhia deverão ser destinados ao acionista devedor, podendo o credor deles se beneficiar apenas quando existir o efetivo vencimento ou inadimplemento da dívida; e (ii) durante o período de inadimplemento ou na data de vencimento regular da dívida, o credor pode reter os recursos necessários à satisfação de seu crédito, desde que restitua o eventual excedente ao acionista devedor, não havendo, por isso, razão que justifique o enquadramento da excussão da garantia como sendo uma violação à proibição do pacto comissório, conforme prevista no Direito brasileiro. / This dissertation examines the fiduciary assignment of shareholders rights to dividends, as well as the fiduciary ownership (security interest) resulting from it. The reason for the analysis of these legal institutes comes from the increasing use of this type of security interest in complex financial transactions carried out in the local markets. Firstly, this works conducts the analysis of the various meanings (perspectives) which shareholders\' rights to dividends may have in different contexts of the Brazilian legal system, concluding that this right may be transferred either as a credit right, existing in the present or in the future (depending precisely on the existence of corporate profits already distributed or not), or as an expectance right. By this last one, we mean the right held by the shareholder as soon as he/she/it becomes the owner of the shares issued by a certain company that enables him/her/it to become the owner of the dividends distributed by the company from time to time. Due to the importance of the immediate granting of the security interest, especially in light of a possible bankruptcy or judicial reorganization process involving the debtor, this paper concludes that the fiduciary ownership should have the expectance right to dividends as its underlying asset. This is so because such right is already an existing right that allows the shareholder to become, directly and immediately, the owner of the dividends to be distributed by the company in the future, as long as those dividends are limited to certain amounts or periods previously agreed between the creditor/financier and the debtor/shareholder. Furthermore, despite being an inherent right to the equity stake, the detach of the expectance right to dividends from the shares which comes from, following by its assignment to other parties, does not conflict with the provision set forth in Section 28 of the Brazilian Corporation Act. This study also argues that the secured creditor may exercise certain voting rights in the company responsible for the payment of the dividends, pursuant to Section 113 of the Brazilian Corporation Act, provided that: (1) the underlying asset of the security interest is the expectance right to dividends; and (2) his/her/its influence in the companys decisions is limited to the manner according to which the corporate profits will be accounted and distributed by the company. Finally, it is also argued that, for being a security interest that has receivables as its underlying assets, two consequences turn out to be applicable. (i) Over the period in which there is no default or regular maturity of the secured debt, dividends paid by the company shall be allocated in favor of the shareholder/debtor. The creditor will be able to receive them in the maturity date or upon the occurrence of a default only. (ii) Over a default period or on the regular maturity date, the creditor may retain the necessary amount of dividends to satisfy his/her/its credit, provided that any excess cash shall be transferred to the shareholder/debtor, reason for which there are reasonable grounds to sustain that this foreclosure mechanism does not violate the non-retention of collateral assets convention rule (pacto comissório) provided under Brazilian law.

L'avènement des nouvelles technologies a modifié considérablement le marché des valeurs mobilières. Le certificat représentant les actions de personnes morales s'est dématérialisé, facilitant et augmentant la rapidité des échanges, mais en causant de nouveaux problèmes, notamment à cause de l'incertitude juridique entourant les transferts et les sûretés sur les valeurs mobilières et autres actifs financiers. Pour répondre à ces problématiques, le Uniform Commercial Code américain a créé de nouveaux concepts et de nouvelles règles applicables au régime de détention indirecte. S'inspirant du modèle américain, un effort international d'harmonisation a été déployé, comme en témoignent, entre autres, les initiatives de la Conférence de La Haye, d'UNIDROIT et de la Conférence pour l'harmonisation des lois au Canada. C'est ainsi que le Québec a adopté la Loi sur le transfert de valeurs mobilières et l'obtention de titres intermédiés, afin de combler les lacunes d'un régime devenu désuet. Toutefois, le projet de loi s'inscrit-il avec le régime civiliste du Québec? Le particulier peut-il hypothéquer des valeurs mobilières? Où se situent les titres dématérialisés et intermédiés? Nous tenterons de répondre à ces questions en deux temps ; premièrement, nous étudierons l'évolution des régimes de transfert et de sûretés sur les valeurs mobilières et autres actifs financiers ainsi que leurs particularités. Ensuite, nous étudierons la loi québécoise en parallèle avec les différents instruments d'harmonisation et avec le régime civiliste québécois des sûretés. / New technologies changed financial markets. Where securities were represented by certificates, now often, they are dematerialised and held indirectly in order to facilitate and expedite trades. However, this situation caused new problems since the legislation was inadequate to regulate the indirect holding system. The american Uniform Commercial Code enacted a new and unique legislation in order to respond to the legal uncertainty. Following the Americans, an international effort rised in order to harmonise legislation pertaining to the transfers and security interests on securities and other investment properties, namely, the Hague Conference, UNIDROIT and the Uniform Law Conference of Canada, just to name a few. Accordingly, Quebec adopted the Act respecting the transfer of securities and the establishment of security entitlements, in order to respond to the actual discrepancies. However, does the Act integrate itself harmoniously within the civil law tradition? May the private citizen grant a hypothec on securities? Where are situated uncertificated or indirectly held securities? We will attempt to answer these questions in two parts; firstly, we will study the evolution and particulars of the transfers and security interests on securities and other investment properties. Secondly, we will study the Quebec Act in respect with other legislations and with the civil law rules.

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Les transactions sur les valeurs mobilières ainsi que leur mise en garantie se font bien au-delà des frontières nationales. Elles impliquent une multitude d’intervenants, tels que l’émetteur, un grand nombre d’intermédiaires disposés en structure pyramidale, un ou des investisseurs et, bien évidemment, les bénéficiaires desdites valeurs mobilières ou garanties. On peut aussi signaler l’existence de nombreux portefeuilles diversifiés contenant des titres émis par plusieurs émetteurs situés dans plusieurs états. Toute la difficulté d’une telle diversité d’acteurs, de composantes financières et juridiques, réside dans l’application de règles divergentes et souvent conflictuelles provenant de systèmes juridiques d’origines diverses (Common Law et civiliste). De nombreux juristes, de toutes nationalités confondues, ont pu constater ces dernières années que les règles de création, d’opposabilité et de réalisation des sûretés, ainsi que les règles de conflit de lois qui aident à déterminer la loi applicable à ces différentes questions, ne répondaient plus adéquatement aux exigences juridiques nationales dans un marché financier global, exponentiel et sans réelles frontières administratives. Afin de résoudre cette situation et accommoder le marché financier, de nombreux textes de loi ont été révisés et adaptés. Notre analyse du droit québécois est effectuée en fonction du droit américain et canadien, principales sources du législateur québécois, mais aussi du droit suisse qui est le plus proche de la tradition civiliste québécoise, le tout à la lueur de la 36e Convention de La Haye du 5 juillet 2006 sur la loi applicable à certains droits sur des titres détenus auprès d'un intermédiaire. Par exemple, les articles 8 et 9 du Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) américain ont proposé des solutions modernes et révolutionnaires qui s’éloignent considérablement des règles traditionnelles connues en matière de bien, de propriété, de sûreté et de conflits de lois. Plusieurs autres projets et instruments juridiques dédiés à ces sujets ont été adoptés, tels que : la Loi uniforme sur le transfert des valeurs mobilières (LUTVM) canadienne, qui a été intégrée au Québec par le biais de la Loi sur le transfert de valeurs mobilières et l’obtention de titres intermédiés, RLRQ, c.T-11.002 (LTVMQ) ; la 36e Convention de La Haye du 5 juillet 2006 sur la loi applicable à certains droits sur des titres détenus auprès d'un intermédiaire; la Loi fédérale sur le droit international privé (LDIP) suisse, ainsi que la Loi fédérale sur les titres intermédiés (LTI) suisse. L’analyse de ces textes de loi nous a permis de proposer une nouvelle version des règles de conflit de lois en matière de sûretés et de transfert des titres intermédiés en droit québécois. Cette étude devrait susciter une réflexion profonde du point de vue d’un juriste civiliste, sur l’efficacité des nouvelles règles québécoises de sûretés et de conflit de lois en matière de titres intermédiés, totalement inspirées des règles américaines de Common Law. Un choix qui semble totalement ignorer un pan du système juridique civiliste et sociétal. / Transactions in securities and security interest, and their implementation are far beyond national borders. They involve a multitude of players, such as the issuer, a large number of intermediaries arranged in a pyramid structure, investors, and obviously the beneficiaries of the securities or the security interest. You will also find diversified portfolios containing several securities issuers, from different countries. The difficulty of such a diversity of actors, and financial and legal components, lies in the application of divergent, and often conflicting, rules from legal systems of different origin (common law and civil law). Many jurists, of different nationalities, have found out, in the recent years that the rules creating the enforceability and enforcement of security interest, and the rules of conflict of laws, that helped determine the law applicable to these questions, were no longer responding to national legal requirements in relation with and exponential global financial market, which lack real administrative borders. To address this situation and accommodate the financial market, many regulations have been revised and adapted. Reasons why we have decided to proceed to the analysis of the applicable Quebec’s regulations, in comparison with the Swiss law, which is closest to the Quebec civil law tradition, the American law and the Canadian law, main inspiration of our commercial laws and regulations. Said analysis is also realized in light of the 36th Hague Convention of 5 July 2006 on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Respect of Securities held with an Intermediary. As per example, articles 8 and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) have proposed modern and revolutionary solutions that are dramatically different from the traditional rules related to ownership, property, security interest and conflict of laws. Other legal instruments, specifically dedicated to these issues were also suggested or adopted. This is the case of the Uniform Law on the transfer of securities (USTA), which was incorporated in the Quebec commercial laws and regulations, more particularly in An act Respecting the Transfer of Securities and the Establishment of Security Entitlements, RLRQ c. T-11.00 (LTVMQ); the 36th Hague Convention of 5 July 2006 on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Respect of Securities held with an Intermediary; the Swiss Federal Act on Private International Law (CPIL) and the Swiss Federal Act on intermediated securities (LTI). The analysis of these laws and regulations has led to the proposal of a new version of the rules of conflict of laws dealing with security interests and transferring intermediated securities under Quebec law. The goal of this study is to provoke, from the perspective of a civil lawyer, a deep reflection on the effectiveness of the, totally inspired by American common law, new Quebec’s rules on security interest and conflict of laws in matters of security entitlements. A choice that seems completely ignores a section of our civil legal system.

The aim of this thesis is to compare legal regulations of real rights in Czech and French legal order. With respect to current situation, when starting the 1th january of 2014, the new civil code becomes effective, this thesis deals as well with the novelties in real rights' regulation established by the law nř89/2013 of Collection of Laws, civil code. This thesis consists of seven chapters. In the first chapter, I mention the aim of the thesis, its brief content and elaboration process. In the second to sixth chapter, the thesis deals in concrete with the real rights and its institutes. In each of these chapters, the Czech legal regulation according to the current civil code is mentioned first. Then, a discourse about French regulation follows. If both regulations are same, similar or slightly or absolutely different. Finally, a comparison with the new civil code is attached to practically all chapters. If it holds the current regulation or if it establishes new notions, institutes or conception or regime of the current institutes. And provided it brings novelties if it tends by them towards the French regulation or if it choses absolutely new solutions. The second chapter deals with real rights in general terms. With their conception and systematics. The thesis deals with the question how the...