If the producer cannot be identified, the seller, the lessor, with the exception of a financial lessor or a lessor assimilated to a financial lessor, or any other professional supplier, is liable for the safety defect in the product, under the same conditions as the producer, unless he designates his own supplier or the producer, within a period of three months from the date on which the victim’s claim was notified to him.
The supplier’s claim against the producer is governed by the same rules as a claim by the direct victim of the defect. However, he must act within one year of the date on which he is summoned to appear in court.