3. Payment for work
The primary obligation of the client, whether public or private, is to pay for the work he has commissioned.
Article 1710 of the French Civil Code states that "le louage d'ouvrage is a contract by which one of the parties undertakes to do something for the other in return for a price agreed between them". This definition corresponds to what is also known as a "contract of enterprise".
The rule in this type of contract is freedom of contract. The parties are free to determine the terms of payment. They may also decide to submit to the standard NF P03-001 They therefore sign it and attach it to the contract.
This standard contains all the rules relating to payment, including the texts on legal payment periods, which the parties will also have to...
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Bibliography
- (1) - SERIN (P.) et al - Guide pratique du chantier, - ETI, http://publications. eti-construction.fr/publications/chantiers-ti409/
- (2) - SERIN (P.)...
Websites
National Building Federation
National Federation of Public Works
Légifrance
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Standard
- Private markets – Sample notebooks – Cahier des clauses administratives générales applicable aux travaux de bâtiment faisant l'objet de marchés privés (classification index: P03-001) - NF P03-001 - Octobre 2017
Regulations
Law no. 71–584 of July 16, 1971
Law no. 2015–990 of August 6, 2015
Law no. 2008–576 of August 4, 2008
Law no. 2014–344 of March 17, 2014
Commercial code
Articles L. 410-2 and L. 441–6
Civil Code
Articles 1184, 1220 to 1230, 1142, 1710, 1792, 1799-1, 2044...
Events
Batimat Reed Expositions, international construction show held every two years in Paris (odd-numbered years).
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