French Code of civil procedure
In forceI-In order to be able to rely on the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 13 of the above-mentioned Order of 7 May 2009, the contracting authority/entity shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Union a notice, in accordance with the model set out in the European Commission Regulation establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in the field of public procurement and concession contracts, of its intention to conclude a contract. It must respect a period of at least eleven days between the date of publication of this notice and the date of conclusion of the contract.
In order to be able to avail itself, in the case of contracts based on a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system, of the provisions of the second paragraph of the same article, the contracting authority/entity shall notify the holders of the framework agreement or the participants in the dynamic purchasing system of the name of the contractor and the reasons which led to the choice of its tender, and shall observe a period of at least sixteen days between the date on which this notification is sent and the date on which the contract is concluded. This period is reduced to at least eleven days in the event of electronic transmission of the notification to all interested contractors.
II.-For its application in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, I is worded as follows:
I.-In order to avail itself of the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 13 of the above-mentioned Order of 7 May 2009, the contracting authority or entity must publish a notice of its intention to conclude a contract in the local Official Journal. It shall respect a period of at least eleven days between the date of publication of this notice and the date of conclusion of the contract.
