Associations and foundations · France and Switzerland : separate country-labelled rules
Association directors: personal-liability evidence
A nonprofit director's personal-liability file must separate the organisation's act or debt from the individual's role and alleged fault. France and Switzerland require their own legal analysis. Keep authority, delegation, decision, claimed loss and insurance terms together. Neither the title of president nor volunteer status automatically establishes liability or a complete exemption from it.
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In which role was the person acting?
Keep articles, delegation and decision. Separate the entity's act from alleged personal fault without deciding by job title alone.
Read the referencesYour question concerns “Association directors: personal-liability evidence”. I can help organise the facts and records. Which document have you received or prepared, and is this a French or Swiss matter?
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Which personal act is alleged against the officer?
Describe actor, date and conduct. Association debt alone does not establish the officer's personal debt.
Code civil art.1240Code civil art.1241210 : Art. 55210 : Art. 75 aService Public : Subventions versées aux associations
In which role was the person acting?
Keep articles, delegation and decision. Separate the entity's act from alleged personal fault without deciding by job title alone.
Which records are still missing from your file?
Indicate which records you have. The result identifies gaps and prepares a complete question for Julie, without requiring an account.
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Point to complete: Causation and claims. French Civil1240-1241 require their own liability conditions. Describe alleged causation instead of merely listing fault and loss.
- Alleged personal act
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- Role and powers
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- Documented harm
- Record available
- Causation and claims
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- Records indicated
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- How is conduct linked to harm?
This worksheet organises records; it does not establish admissibility, entitlement or a procedural outcome.
Which loss is actually documented?
Connect record, amount and affected person. A cash shortage does not automatically quantify an officer-caused loss.
How is conduct linked to harm?
French Civil1240-1241 require their own liability conditions. Describe alleged causation instead of merely listing fault and loss.
Which documents answer which questions?
| Record or information | Issue to check |
|---|---|
| Alleged personal act | Describe actor, date and conduct. Association debt alone does not establish the officer's personal debt. |
| Role and powers | Keep articles, delegation and decision. Separate the entity's act from alleged personal fault without deciding by job title alone. |
| Documented harm | Connect record, amount and affected person. A cash shortage does not automatically quantify an officer-caused loss. |
| Causation and claims | French Civil1240-1241 require their own liability conditions. Describe alleged causation instead of merely listing fault and loss. |
Code civil art.1240Code civil art.1241210 : Art. 55210 : Art. 75 aService Public : Subventions versées aux associations
What does Swiss CC 55 distinguish?
Organs express and bind the legal person, while their own fault can additionally engage personal responsibility. Neither blanket immunity nor automatic liability follows.
Code civil art.1240Code civil art.1241210 : Art. 55210 : Art. 75 aService Public : Subventions versées aux associations
Which official provision helps explain this situation?
Tout fait quelconque de l'homme, qui cause à autrui un dommage, oblige celui par la faute duquel il est arrivé à le réparer.
In plain English: Organs express and bind the legal person, while their own fault can additionally engage personal responsibility. Neither blanket immunity nor automatic liability follows.
Does every Swiss association debt reach officers?
CC 75a ordinarily makes association assets alone answer for debts unless articles provide otherwise. It does not erase separate organ-fault questions.
Code civil art.1240Code civil art.1241210 : Art. 55210 : Art. 75 aService Public : Subventions versées aux associations
Which insurance records should be collected?
Keep policy and existing notifications without assuming cover. Insurance protection and substantive liability are separate issues.
What does the liability matrix deliver?
It separates act, function, loss and causation. It identifies no automatically liable person and promises no insurance cover.
What other questions arise in this file?
In which role was the person acting?
Keep articles, delegation and decision. Separate the entity's act from alleged personal fault without deciding by job title alone.
Code civil art.1240Code civil art.1241210 : Art. 55210 : Art. 75 aService Public : Subventions versées aux associations
How is conduct linked to harm?
French Civil1240-1241 require their own liability conditions. Describe alleged causation instead of merely listing fault and loss.
Code civil art.1240Code civil art.1241210 : Art. 55210 : Art. 75 aService Public : Subventions versées aux associations
What does Swiss CC 55 distinguish?
Organs express and bind the legal person, while their own fault can additionally engage personal responsibility. Neither blanket immunity nor automatic liability follows.
Code civil art.1240Code civil art.1241210 : Art. 55210 : Art. 75 aService Public : Subventions versées aux associations
Which insurance records should be collected?
Keep policy and existing notifications without assuming cover. Insurance protection and substantive liability are separate issues.
Code civil art.1240Code civil art.1241210 : Art. 55210 : Art. 75 aService Public : Subventions versées aux associations
Which official references should you consult?
- Code civil art.1240Légifrance
- Code civil art.1241Légifrance
- 210 : Art. 55Fedlex
- 210 : Art. 75 aFedlex
- Service Public : Subventions versées aux associationsSource officielle
Texts cited last checked: 1 November 2026