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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to local authorities and local public bodies

Article L2223-2

The deliberative assembly of the local authority or the deliberative body of the local public institution authorises the executive body to sign the partnership contract.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Payment arrangements

Article L2191-5

All deferred payments are prohibited in contracts awarded by the State, its public establishments, local authorities, their public establishments and their groupings.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article R2112-3

Where the contract refers to general documents, it shall include, where appropriate, an indication of the articles of these documents from which it derogates.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Prices

Article R2112-5

Contracts concluded by contracting authorities with a public accounting officer shall specify the administrative and technical conditions to which authorisation and payment are subject.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Open invitation to tender

Article R2161-2

The minimum time limit for receipt of applications and tenders is thirty-five days from the date of dispatch of the contract notice.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Time limits for acceptance

Article R2151-1

The purchaser shall set the time limits for receipt of tenders, taking into account the complexity of the contract and the time needed by economic operators to prepare their tenders.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions relating to economic and financial capacity

Article R2142-6

In particular, the purchaser may require economic operators to achieve a minimum annual turnover, particularly in the field covered by the contract.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-7-2

Market undertakings shall devote adequate human and financial resources to the training of the persons referred to in Article L. 421-7.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Renewable contracts

Article R2191-15

In the case of a renewable contract, an advance is paid to the contractor for each renewal under the conditions set out in sub-section 1.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Control of the performance of the partnership contract by the purchaser

Article R2234-8

The purchaser may ask the contractor for any document required to monitor the performance of the partnership contract in accordance with Article L. 2132-1.

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