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ARTICLE · 14 DECEMBER 2018

New French Public Procurement Code Published

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The French Government has enacted Ordinance 2018-1074, dated November 26, 2018, and Decree 2018-1075, dated December 3, 2018, in order to integrate public procurement and concession...

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The Public Procurement Code integrates procurement and concession contract rules into a single code.

The French Government has enacted Ordinance 2018-1074, dated November 26, 2018, and Decree 2018-1075, dated December 3, 2018, in order to integrate public procurement and concession contract rules into a single code. The Public Procurement Code, published in the Official Journal of the French Republic on December 5, 2018, states:

  • Pursuant to the Parliament authorization to enact Ordinance 2018-1074, the Public Procurement Code shall gather the current rules. 
  • The code aims to modernize French regulations and finalize the transposition of the three European directives on public procurement and concessions dated February 26, 2014 (Dir. 2014/24/EU, 2014/25/EU and 2014/23/EU). It gathers the transposition measures enacted by the French Government in 2015 and 2016 and other provisions relating to public project contracting, subcontracting, or terms of payment.

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