29The obligation thus created is accessory, in the sense that, first, the creditor cannot bring proceedings against the guarantor unless the debt covered by the guarantor is payable and, second, the obligation assumed by the guarantor cannot be more extensive than that of the principal debtor. The accessory nature of the obligation does not however mean that the legal rules applicable to the obligation assumed by the guarantor must be in every particular identical to the legal rules applicable to the principal obligation (see, to that effect, Case C-208/98 Berliner Kindl Brauerei [2000] ECR I-1741).
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