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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to the State, its public establishments and unauthorised purchasers

Article L2223-1

…shall authorise the signing of partnership contracts by the State and its public establishments, under conditions laid down by regulation.These provisions shall apply to partnership contracts conclud…

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Subsection 2: Assignment of receivables, leases and mortgages

Article L2232-2

…cordance with the provisions of articles L. 313-29-1 et seq. of the French Monetary and Financial Code.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Contracts awarded using an adapted procedure

Article L2323-1

The provisions of article L. 2123-1 apply.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Purchasing techniques

Article L2325-1

In order to award a defence or security contract, the purchaser may, in compliance with the rules applicable to the procedures defined in this Title, use purchasing techniques to pre-select economic o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2341-4

Purchasers may authorise an economic operator who is in a case of exclusion provided for in this section to participate in a contract for overriding reasons relating to the public interest.

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Chapter IV: Retention of information

Article L2184-1

Purchasers shall keep documents relating to the award of contracts, in accordance with the conditions laid down by regulation.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting the payment deadline

Article L2192-11

…ntracting entities referred to in 2° and 3° of Article L. 1212-1 shall pay the principal sums due under a contract in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article L. 441-10, in 5° of II of Arti…

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Section 2: Provision of essential data

Article L2196-2

Under the conditions and subject to the exceptions laid down by regulation, the purchaser shall make the essential contract data accessible in an open and freely re-usable format, with the exception o…

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Subsection 3: The company ombudsman

Article L2197-4

Referral to the Company Mediator suspends the running of the various statutes of limitation under the conditions set out in article L. 213-6 of the Code of Administrative Justice or, for contracts gov…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Duration of the partnership contract

Article L2213-2

The duration of the partnership contract is determined according to the amortisation period of the investments or the financing arrangements chosen.

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