Public procurement and performance · France and Switzerland : separate country-labelled rules
Completed works: reconcile the final account
A public-works final-account dispute starts with the actual account documents, service dates and incorporated contract terms. French DGD consequences cannot be assumed for a Swiss construction account. Separate completed-work payment from early termination and compensation. List disputed items, reservations and prior replies without inventing one universal objection period or treating every invoice as the final binding account.
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Which account lines are disputed?
Match amount, service and record. Separate actual payment, claimed item and security retention.
Read the referencesYour question concerns “Completed works: reconcile the final account”. I can help organise the facts and records. Which document have you received or prepared, and is this a French or Swiss matter?
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Point to complete: Notices and versions. Separate receipt, signature, reservations, refusal and replies. The document's title alone does not establish finality.
- Received final account
- Record available
- Lines and payments
- Record available
- Reservations and claim
- Record available
- Notices and versions
- Needs checking
- Records indicated
- 3 / 4
- Arithmetic result
- 900.00
- Which notification sequence is evidenced?
Use one currency and one period. Initial figures are fictional; the result is arithmetic only. This worksheet organises records; it does not establish admissibility, entitlement or a procedural outcome.
Which works account was received?
Identify act, contract, applicable terms and service. An invoice and a final-account mechanism are not interchangeable.
CCAG-Travaux approuvé par arrêté du30mars2021 (contractual incorporation required) art. 12CCAG-Travaux approuvé par arrêté du30mars2021 (contractual incorporation required) art. 55220 : Art. 363220 : Art. 372CCAG-Travaux : arrêté du 30 mars 2021
Which documents answer which questions?
| Record or information | Issue to check |
|---|---|
| Received final account | Identify act, contract, applicable terms and service. An invoice and a final-account mechanism are not interchangeable. |
| Lines and payments | Match amount, service and record. Separate actual payment, claimed item and security retention. |
| Reservations and claim | CCAG-Travaux12 and55 govern distinct steps and supported claims within their scope. Keep wording and addressees. |
| Notices and versions | Separate receipt, signature, reservations, refusal and replies. The document's title alone does not establish finality. |
CCAG-Travaux approuvé par arrêté du30mars2021 (contractual incorporation required) art. 12CCAG-Travaux approuvé par arrêté du30mars2021 (contractual incorporation required) art. 55220 : Art. 363220 : Art. 372CCAG-Travaux : arrêté du 30 mars 2021
Which account lines are disputed?
Match amount, service and record. Separate actual payment, claimed item and security retention.
Which French reservations or claims were made?
CCAG-Travaux12 and55 govern distinct steps and supported claims within their scope. Keep wording and addressees.
Which official provision helps explain this situation?
12.4.3. Dans un délai de trente jours à compter de la date à laquelle ce décompte général lui a été notifié, le titulaire envoie au maître d'ouvrage, avec copie au maître d'œuvre, ce décompte revêtu de sa signature, avec ou sans réserves, ou fait connaître les motifs pour lesquels il refuse de le signer.
In plain English: No. It reconciles documented amounts and payments; a disputed item remains disputed even if the sum is correct.
Which notification sequence is evidenced?
Separate receipt, signature, reservations, refusal and replies. The document's title alone does not establish finality.
Does the arithmetic establish a payable balance?
No. It reconciles documented amounts and payments; a disputed item remains disputed even if the sum is correct.
CCAG-Travaux approuvé par arrêté du30mars2021 (contractual incorporation required) art. 12CCAG-Travaux approuvé par arrêté du30mars2021 (contractual incorporation required) art. 55220 : Art. 363220 : Art. 372CCAG-Travaux : arrêté du 30 mars 2021
Does Swiss CO 372 reproduce French final-account acceptance?
No. It concerns works remuneration at delivery or agreed part delivery/payment. It creates no French DGD deemed-acceptance regime.
CCAG-Travaux approuvé par arrêté du30mars2021 (contractual incorporation required) art. 12CCAG-Travaux approuvé par arrêté du30mars2021 (contractual incorporation required) art. 55220 : Art. 363220 : Art. 372CCAG-Travaux : arrêté du 30 mars 2021
Are contractual claim and court time limits identical?
No. Actual terms, triggers and legal regime require separate review. No court period is invented from an invoice date.
What does the final-account grid deliver?
It organises lines, records, reservations and notices. It signs no account and waives no claim.
What other questions arise in this file?
Which account lines are disputed?
Match amount, service and record. Separate actual payment, claimed item and security retention.
CCAG-Travaux approuvé par arrêté du30mars2021 (contractual incorporation required) art. 12CCAG-Travaux approuvé par arrêté du30mars2021 (contractual incorporation required) art. 55220 : Art. 363220 : Art. 372CCAG-Travaux : arrêté du 30 mars 2021
Which notification sequence is evidenced?
Separate receipt, signature, reservations, refusal and replies. The document's title alone does not establish finality.
CCAG-Travaux approuvé par arrêté du30mars2021 (contractual incorporation required) art. 12CCAG-Travaux approuvé par arrêté du30mars2021 (contractual incorporation required) art. 55220 : Art. 363220 : Art. 372CCAG-Travaux : arrêté du 30 mars 2021
Does the arithmetic establish a payable balance?
No. It reconciles documented amounts and payments; a disputed item remains disputed even if the sum is correct.
CCAG-Travaux approuvé par arrêté du30mars2021 (contractual incorporation required) art. 12CCAG-Travaux approuvé par arrêté du30mars2021 (contractual incorporation required) art. 55220 : Art. 363220 : Art. 372CCAG-Travaux : arrêté du 30 mars 2021
Are contractual claim and court time limits identical?
No. Actual terms, triggers and legal regime require separate review. No court period is invented from an invoice date.
CCAG-Travaux approuvé par arrêté du30mars2021 (contractual incorporation required) art. 12CCAG-Travaux approuvé par arrêté du30mars2021 (contractual incorporation required) art. 55220 : Art. 363220 : Art. 372CCAG-Travaux : arrêté du 30 mars 2021
Which official references should you consult?
- CCAG-Travaux approuvé par arrêté du30mars2021 (contractual incorporation required) art. 12Légifrance
- CCAG-Travaux approuvé par arrêté du30mars2021 (contractual incorporation required) art. 55Légifrance
- 220 : Art. 363Fedlex
- 220 : Art. 372Fedlex
- CCAG-Travaux : arrêté du 30 mars 2021Source officielle
Texts cited last checked: 1 November 2026