2018 ends with the publication of the French Public
Procurement Code.
Ordinance No.2018-1074 regarding the legislative part of the
Public Procurement Code and Decree No.2018-1075 regarding the
regulatory part of the Public Procurement Code were published in
the Journal Officiel on December 5, 2018.
The Public Procurement Code will on be applicable as of
April 1st, 2019, time to allow the
"actors" (new terminology used by the table of contents
of the code) of public procurement (buyers and economic operators)
to become familiar with the new architecture of the applicable
rules.
The thirty or so scattered texts that have, hitherto, governed
French public procurements (texts relating to public procurement,
concessions, payment periods, supervision of public works,
electronic invoicing, arbitration, subcontracting, etc.) have been
replaced by a single text of 1,747 articles.
