When the management of a public service is conceded, the concessionaire shall provide the conceding authority, in electronic format, in a freely reusable open standard that can be used by an automated processing system, with the data and databases collected or produced during the operation of the public service that is the subject of the contract and that are essential to its performance.
For concession contracts for which a consultation has been launched or a concession notice has been sent for publication before the date of entry into force of Law no. 2016-1321 of 7 October 2016 for a Digital Republic, the concessionaire is only required to transmit the data and databases for the sole purpose of preparing the renewal of the contract.