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Article R3135-7 of the French Public procurement code

The concession contract may be amended without a new competitive tendering procedure if the changes, whatever their amount, are not substantial.
For the purposes of Article L. 3135-1, an amendment is deemed to be substantial when at least one of the following conditions is met:
1° It introduces conditions which, if they had been included in the initial award procedure, would have attracted more participants or allowed the admission of candidates or tenderers other than those initially admitted or the choice of a tender other than the one initially selected;
2° It alters the economic balance of the concession in favour of the concessionaire in a way that was not provided for in the initial concession contract;
3° It considerably extends the scope of the concession contract;
4° It has the effect of replacing the concessionaire to whom the concession authority initially awarded the concession contract with a new concessionaire, except in the cases referred to in article R. 3135-6.

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Article R3135-7


Le contrat de concession peut être modifié sans nouvelle procédure de mise en concurrence lorsque les modifications, quel qu’en soit le montant, ne sont pas substantielles.
Pour l’application de l’article L. 3135-1, une modification est considérée comme substantielle, notamment, lorsqu’au moins une des conditions suivantes est remplie :
1° Elle introduit des conditions qui, si elles avaient figuré dans la procédure de passation initiale, auraient attiré davantage de participants ou permis l’admission de candidats ou soumissionnaires autres que ceux initialement admis ou le choix d’une offre autre que celle initialement retenue ;
2° Elle modifie l’équilibre économique de la concession en faveur du concessionnaire d’une manière qui n’était pas prévue dans le contrat de concession initial ;
3° Elle étend considérablement le champ d’application du contrat de concession ;
4° Elle a pour effet de remplacer le concessionnaire auquel l’autorité concédante a initialement attribué le contrat de concession par un nouveau concessionnaire, en dehors des hypothèses visées à l’article R. 3135-6.

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