Legal entities governed by public law with a public accountant may use the acquisition card as a means of executing contracts under the conditions set out in decree no. 2004-1144 of 26 October 2004 on the execution of contracts by acquisition card.
The following may not be performed using an acquisition card:
1° Works contracts, unless the purchaser decides to do so on the basis of routine maintenance and repair requirements that have not been the subject of a programme;
2° Contracts subject to a fixed or optional advance payment.