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…