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Article L1321-1 of the French Public procurement code

Where a purchaser decides to enter into a single contract even though the contract relates to objectively separable services which are subject, on the one hand, to the ordinary law governing contracts set out in Book I of Part Two or Book II thereof relating to partnership contracts and, on the other hand, to the ordinary law governing concession contracts set out in Book I of Part Three, the contract is subject to :
1° To the ordinary law governing contracts as set out in Book I of Part Two or Book II relating to partnership contracts if the estimated value excluding tax of the services covered by these books exceeds the European thresholds applicable to public contracts set out in the notice annexed to this code;
2° To the provisions applicable to its main purpose if this is not the case.

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Article L1321-1


Lorsqu’un acheteur décide de conclure un contrat unique alors que ce contrat porte sur des prestations, objectivement dissociables, qui relèvent, d’une part, du droit commun des marchés prévu au livre Ier de la deuxième partie ou de son livre II relatif aux marchés de partenariat et, d’autre part, du droit commun des contrats de concession prévu au livre Ier de la troisième partie, ce contrat est soumis :
1° Au droit commun des marchés prévu au livre Ier de la deuxième partie ou de son livre II relatif aux marchés de partenariat si la valeur estimée hors taxe des prestations qui relèvent de ces livres est supérieure aux seuils européens applicables aux marchés publics mentionnés dans l’avis annexé au présent code ;
2° Aux dispositions applicables à son objet principal dans le cas contraire.

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