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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Central purchasing bodies

Article L2113-2

A central purchasing body is a purchaser whose purpose is to carry out on a permanent basis, for the benefit of purchasers, at least one of the following centralised purchasing activities:1° The acqui…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Central purchasing bodies

Article L2113-4

A purchaser who has recourse to a central purchasing body for the execution of works or the acquisition of supplies or services is deemed to have complied with its advertising and competitive tenderin…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Central purchasing bodies

Article L2113-5

The purchaser may use a central purchasing body located in another Member State of the European Union, provided that this choice has not been made with the aim of evading the application of national p…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Formalising requirements through technical specifications

Article L2111-2

The works, supplies or services to be provided under the public contract are defined by reference to technical specifications.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-8-1 A

As an exception to the third paragraph of article L. 2122-8, if the seat of one or more municipal councillors becomes vacant, for any reason whatsoever, between the date of publication of the decree o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-9-1 A

When a new commune mentioned in the first and second paragraphs of article L. 2113-9 is created, it replaces the public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax status within the m…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Grouping of orders

Article L2113-8

A grouping of orders may be formed with purchasers from other Member States of the European Union, provided that this choice has not been made with the aim of evading the application of national provi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Transnational joint entities

Article L2113-9

Where purchasers have joined a common transnational entity, constituted in particular in the form of a European grouping for territorial cooperation, the statutes or a decision of the competent body o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Grouping of orders

Article L2113-7

The agreement setting up the consortium, signed by its members, defines the operating rules of the consortium. It may entrust one or more of its members with the task of carrying out all or part of th…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Grouping of orders

Article L2113-6

Order pools may be formed between purchasers for the joint award of one or more contracts.An order pool may also be formed, for the same purpose, between one or more purchasers and one or more legal p…

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