The vendor shall be liable for the guarantee where a hidden defect in the goods sold reduces
their use to the extent that the purchaser would not have bought them or would have bought
them at a lower price had he been aware of it.
The guarantee shall be invoked by a purchaser against a vendor and by a sub-purchaser against
a manufacturer or an intermediary vendor, for the guarantee covering a hidden defect affecting
the goods sold from the time they were manufactured.
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In force from 17 April 1997
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