Article 1799-1 of the French Civil Code
The project owner who concludes a private works contract referred to in 3° of Article 1779 must guarantee the contractor payment of the sums due when these exceed a threshold set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. When the client has recourse to a specific loan to finance the works, the credit institution may not pay the amount of the loan to a person other than those mentioned in 3°…