Garanția pentru vicii ascunse în materia construcțiilor. Termenul de garanție și termenul de prescripție extinctivă. Natura acțiunii estimatorii. Dreptul de opțiune exclusiv al cumpărătorului
Warranty for hidden defects in construction. The guarantee period and the statute of limitations. The legal nature of the estimatory action. The buyer’s exclusive right of choice

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses, a set of issues of major practical significance in the area of liability for hidden defects in immovable property: (i) the conditions for liability for hidden defects in the construction sector, with emphasis on the prudent and diligent buyer standard; (ii) the distinction between the guarantee period and the limitation period, with the consequence that they do not aggregate; (iii) the legal nature of the estimatory action and the standard for assessing the price reduction, with reference to the relationship between price reduction and the value of remediation works; (iv) the alternative character of the remedies under art. 1710 para. (1) of the New Civil Code and the buyer's exclusive right to choose between them; (v) the inadmissibility of a counterclaim by the seller seeking to impose its preferred remedy on the court. The procedural aspect concerning the belated third-party notice filed by the defendant-counterclaimant is also examined.

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