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French Competition Authority issues fines for construction bid-rigging

  • Gilbert + Tobin
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • April 30 2013

France's Competition Authority fined Eiffage Construction Roussillon 960,000 for anti-competitive behaviour regarding the rebuilding of

The French Supreme Court adds a limitation to the moral rights of the author of an architectural work

  • Bersay & Associes
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • April 19 2013

The issue argued before the French Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) was whether the abandonment of a portion of a building project for ten years

Le maitre de l’ouvrage est responsable du respect des obligations de l’entrepreneur principal (Cour de Cassation. 3EME Chambre Civile, 21 novembre 2012 Nº 11-25.101)

  • Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • February 28 2013

L’article 14-1 de la loi du 31 décembre 1975 prévoit, pour les contrats de travaux de bâtiment et de travaux publics, que le maître de l’ouvrage qui

The French Supreme Court orders a project manager to pay for work he overlooked

  • Bersay & Associes
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • February 18 2013

The question put to the French Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) was as follows: is a builder liable for the consequences of work that was overlooked

Construction law private contracts

  • Bersay & Associes
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • May 8 2012

In a ruling of October 26th, 2011, the First Civil Division of the Court of Cassation ruled on whether an arbitration clause included in a contract entered into between the prime contractor and the first-tier subcontractor could be extended to a lower-tier subcontractor

Publication of a decree relating to the content and the terms and conditions for issuing the certificate delivered to prime contractors by their sub-contractors

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • January 25 2012

A decree dated 21 November 2011 replaces the statutory declarations that sub-contractors must deliver to their prime contractors with certificates relating not only to declaration obligations, but also payment of social security dues and contributions

Lorsque les devis de travaux ne mentionnent aucun délai d’exécution et qu’aucun planning n’a été fixé, l’entrepreneur est tenu d’une obligation de livrer les travaux dans un délai raisonnable.

  • Bersay & Associes
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • July 1 2011

Lorsqu’aucun délai d’exécution n’a été contractuellement prévu par les parties, l’entrepreneur a l’obligation de livrer les travaux dans un délai raisonnable

The interruption of the statute of limitations only concerns the problems listed in the complaint

  • Bersay & Associes
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • April 15 2011

In a ruling dated 14 December 2010, the Court of Cassation confirmed its own jurisprudence relative to the interruption of time limitations on builders' 10-year warranties

L’effet interruptif de prescription ne concerne que les désordres visés dans l’assignation

  • Bersay & Associes
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • April 15 2011

La Cour de cassation, dans un arrêt du 14 décembre 2010, confirme sa jurisprudence relative à l’interruption du délai de prescription de la garantie décennale des constructeurs

After a formal notice has been sent to the builder to complete the work, the guarantor of the delivery has an obligation to inform the project owner about the effects of such notice and must ensure that reservations have been lifted

  • Bersay & Associes
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • April 15 2011

In a ruling dated 12 January 2011, the 3rd Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation forcefully recalls its jurisprudence on the obligations incumbent upon the delivery guarantor