The manufacturer of a work, part of a work or item of equipment designed and produced to satisfy, in service condition, precise and predetermined requirements, is jointly and severally liable for the obligations laid down by Articles 1792, 1792-2 and 1792-3 at the expense of the lessor of the work who has installed, without modification and in accordance with the rules laid down by the manufacturer, the work, part of work or item of equipment in question.
For the purposes of this article, the following are treated in the same way as manufacturers:
Anybody who has imported a work, part of a work or item of equipment manufactured abroad;
Anybody who has presented it as his work by displaying his name, trademark or any other distinctive sign on it.