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Article R2152-4 of the French Public procurement code

The purchaser shall reject a tender as abnormally low in the following cases :
1° Where the information provided by the tenderer does not satisfactorily justify the low level of the price or costs proposed;
2° Where it is established that the tender is abnormally low because it contravenes, in terms of environmental law, social law and labour law, the obligations imposed by French law, including the applicable collective agreement(s), by European Union law or by the stipulations of the international agreements or treaties mentioned in a notice annexed to this code.

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Article R2152-4


L’acheteur rejette l’offre comme anormalement basse dans les cas suivants :
1° Lorsque les éléments fournis par le soumissionnaire ne justifient pas de manière satisfaisante le bas niveau du prix ou des coûts proposés ;
2° Lorsqu’il établit que celle-ci est anormalement basse parce qu’elle contrevient en matière de droit de l’environnement, de droit social et de droit du travail aux obligations imposées par le droit français, y compris la ou les conventions collectives applicables, par le droit de l’Union européenne ou par les stipulations des accords ou traités internationaux mentionnées dans un avis qui figure en annexe du présent code.

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