A direct subcontractor of the contractor who has been accepted and whose payment conditions have been approved by the purchaser shall be paid directly by the purchaser for the part of the contract for which he is responsible.Any waiver of direct payment shall be deemed unwritten.
Direct payment is compulsory even if the contractor is being wound up by the court, is in receivership or is the subject of safeguard proceedings.
The terms of payment of subcontractors benefiting from direct payment, in particular the supporting documents to be sent to the contract holder, and the deadlines and conditions for acceptance of this payment, are defined by regulation.
A subcontractor who entrusts another subcontractor with the performance of part of the contract for which he is responsible is required to provide the other subcontractor with a personal and joint and several guarantee or a delegation of payment under the conditions defined inarticle 14 of law no. 75-1334 of 31 December 1975 relating to subcontracting.
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