Any client or instructing party, informed in writing by an inspecting officer referred to in article L. 8271-1-2 of this code, of the fact that employees of its co-contractor or of a direct or indirect sub-contracting company are subjected to collective accommodation conditions incompatible with human dignity, as referred to inarticle 225-14 of the French Penal Code, shall immediately instruct it in writing to put an end to this situation without delay.
If the reported situation is not remedied, the project owner or client is required to pay for the collective accommodation of the employees, under conditions that comply with the standards adopted pursuant to article L. 4111-6 of this code or, where applicable, article L. 716-1 of the rural and maritime fishing code.
This article does not apply to private individuals who contract with a company for their personal use, that of their spouse, their partner in a civil solidarity pact, their cohabitee or their ascendants or descendants.