TITLE I: Commercial transactions.

The law deems acts of commerce: 1° Any purchase of movable property for the purpose of reselling it, either in kind or after having worked on it and put it to use; 2° Any purchase of immovable property for the purpose of reselling it, unless the purchaser has acted with a view to erecting one or more buildings and selling them en bloc or by premises ; 3° All intermediary…

The law similarly deems acts of commerce:

With regard to traders, commercial acts may be proved by any means unless otherwise provided by law.

I.-Obligations arising in the course of their trade between traders or between traders and non-traders are prescribed by five years if they are not subject to special shorter prescriptions. II.-All actions for payment shall be time-barred: 1° For food supplied to the sailors by order of the master, one year after delivery; 2° For the supply of materials and other things necessary for the construction, equipment and victualling of the…