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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: DEFENCE OR SECURITY CONTRACTS AWARDED WITHOUT PRIOR ADVERTISING OR COMPETITION

Article R2322-2

The purchaser may award a contract without prior advertising or competitive tendering when either no applications or no tenders have been submitted within the prescribed period, or only inadmissible a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: DEFENCE OR SECURITY CONTRACTS AWARDED WITHOUT PRIOR ADVERTISING OR COMPETITION

Article R2322-8

The purchaser may award, without prior advertising or competitive tendering, a contract for the additional purchase of supplies performed by the contract holder and intended either as a partial replac…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to certain contracts

Article R2192-16

For the payment of the balance of works or project management contracts concluded by the State, its public establishments of a non-industrial and non-commercial nature, local authorities and their pub…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to certain contracts

Article R2192-17

Where the contract provides for a procedure to verify the conformity of the services, it may provide that the payment period shall run from the date on which such conformity is established, if this da…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Interruption of the payment period

Article R2192-27

Where the request for payment does not include all the documents and information required by law or by the contract, or where these are incorrect or inconsistent, the time limit for payment may be int…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Additional work, supplies or services which have become necessary

Article R2194-3

When the contract is concluded by a contracting authority, the amount of the amendment provided for in article R. 2194-2 may not exceed 50% of the amount of the initial contract. Where several success…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Economic Observatory for Public Procurement

Article R2196-4

Each year, on the basis of information provided by contracting authorities and contracting entities, the Economic Observatory for Public Procurement carries out an economic survey of public procuremen…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers of the advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article R2197-3

The local committees are set up at regional, inter-regional or inter-departmental level by an order of the Minister for the Economy appended to this code. This order sets their boundaries and designat…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Assessment of the project implementation method

Article R2212-8

…edures for organising and operating the expert body referred to in Article R. 2212-7 are set out in Decree no. 2016-522 of 27 April 2016 on the infrastructure financing support mission.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Remuneration of the holder

Article R2213-2

The partnership contract sets out the grounds and procedures for varying the remuneration, as well as the procedures for paying the contractor throughout the term of the contract.

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