Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to the intervention of a third party authorised to receive payment requests

If the contracting authority has recourse to a project manager or any other service provider whose intervention is conditional on the payment of sums due, the intervention of the project manager or service provider does not alter the payment deadline imposed on the contracting authority.

The contract concluded by the State, its public establishments other than industrial and commercial establishments, local authorities or their public establishments with the project manager or any other service provider shall specify the period within which the latter must carry out its work. If the work is carried out after the date on which the payment period began to run, this period may not exceed fifteen days.

The project manager or the service provider authorised to receive requests for payment must indicate the date of receipt or submission of the creditor’s request for payment in the statement that he sends to the contracting authority for payment.

The contract includes stipulations on the penalties incurred as a result of failure to comply with the time limit mentioned in article R. 2192-19 or the obligation provided for in article R. 2192-20, as well as the method of calculation. It also provides for the option for the contracting authority to carry out or have carried out, after formal notice, the services at the expense of the defaulting party.