Subsection 2: Grouping of orders

Order pools may be formed between purchasers for the joint award of one or more contracts.An order pool may also be formed, for the same purpose, between one or more purchasers and one or more legal persons governed by private law who are not purchasers, provided that each of the members of the pool applies the rules laid down in this Part to purchases made within the framework of the…

The agreement setting up the consortium, signed by its members, defines the operating rules of the consortium. It may entrust one or more of its members with the task of carrying out all or part of the procedure for awarding or performing the contract in the name and on behalf of the other members.The purchasers who are members of the consortium are jointly and severally liable only for the operations…

A grouping of orders may be formed with purchasers from other Member States of the European Union, provided that this choice has not been made with the aim of evading the application of national provisions affecting public policy. Notwithstanding the provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 2113-7, and subject to the stipulations of international agreements and administrative arrangements between the Member States to which they belong, the members…