1 Once the completed work has been expressly or tacitly approved by the customer, the contractor is released from all liability save in respect of defects which could not have been discovered on acceptance and normal inspection or were deliberately concealed by the contractor.
2 Tacit approval is presumed where the customer omits to inspect the work and give notice of defects as provided by law.
3 Where defects come to light only subsequently, the customer must notify the contractor as soon as he becomes aware of them, otherwise the work is deemed to have been approved even in respect of such defects.
Le maître ne peut invoquer les droits résultant pour lui des défauts de l’ouvrage, lorsque l’exécution défectueuse lui est personnellement imputable, soit à raison des ordres qu’il a donnés contrairement aux avis formels de l’entrepreneur, soit pour toute autre cause.
This document is not an official publication. Only the publication of the Federal Chancellery is legally binding.
Ceci n’est pas une publication officielle. Seule la publication opérée par la Chancellerie fédérale fait foi. Ordonnance sur les publications officielles, OPubl.