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Article 1792-1 of the French Civil Code

The following are deemed to be builders of the work:

1° Any architect, contractor, technician or other person bound to the owner of the work by a contract for the hire of work;

2° Any person who sells, after completion, a work that he has built or had built;

3° Any person who, although acting as agent for the owner of the work, performs a task similar to that of a lessor of work.

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Article 1792-1

Est réputé constructeur de l’ouvrage :

1° Tout architecte, entrepreneur, technicien ou autre personne liée au maître de l’ouvrage par un contrat de louage d’ouvrage ;

2° Toute personne qui vend, après achèvement, un ouvrage qu’elle a construit ou fait construire ;

3° Toute personne qui, bien qu’agissant en qualité de mandataire du propriétaire de l’ouvrage, accomplit une mission assimilable à celle d’un locateur d’ouvrage.

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