Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Persons who have been the subject of a final conviction for one of the offences referred to in articles 222-34 to 222-40,225-4-1,225-4-7,313-1,313-3,314-1,324-1,324-5,324-6,421-1 to 421-2-4,421-5,432-10,432-11,432-12 to 432-16,433-1,433-2,434-9,434-9-1,435-3, 435-4, 435-9, 435-10, 441-1 to 441-7, 441-9, 445-1 to 445-2-1 or 450-1 of the French Criminal Code, articles 1741 to 1743, 1746 or 1747 of the French General Tax Code, or for receiving such offences, as well as for equivalent offences under the legislation…

Persons who have not made the declarations required of them in terms of tax or social security or who have not paid the taxes, levies, contributions or social security contributions due are excluded from the contract award procedure. The list of these taxes, levies, contributions or social security contributions is set by an order of the Minister for the Economy appended to this code.This exclusion does not apply to persons…

The following persons are excluded from the contract award procedure: 1° Subject to the compulsory liquidation procedure provided for in Article L. 640-1 of the French Commercial Code or subject to an equivalent procedure governed by foreign law; 2° Who, on the date on which the purchaser decides whether their application is admissible, are subject to a personal bankruptcy order or a management ban pursuant to articles L. 653-1 to…

Persons are excluded from the contract award procedure if: 1° They have been sanctioned for failure to comply with the obligations set out in Articles L. 8221-1, L. 8221-3, L. 8221-5, L. 8231-1, L. 8241-1, L. 8251-1 and L. 8251-2 of the Labour Code or have been convicted under Article L. 1146-1 of the same Code or Article 225-1 of the Criminal Code; 2° On 31 December of the year…

Persons who are subject to a measure of exclusion from administrative contracts by virtue of an administrative decision taken in application of article L. 8272-4 of the Labour Code are excluded from the contract award procedure.

The purchaser may, by way of exception, authorise an economic operator who is in a case of exclusion provided for in this Section to participate in the procedure for the award of a contract, provided that this is justified by overriding reasons relating to the public interest, that the contract in question may be awarded only to that economic operator and that a final judgment of a court of a…

A person who finds himself in one of the cases of exclusion mentioned in articles L. 2141-1, L. 2141-4 and L. 2141-5 may provide evidence that he/she has taken measures to demonstrate his/her reliability, in particular by establishing that he/she has, where appropriate, undertaken to pay compensation for the damage caused by the criminal offence or misconduct, that he/she has fully clarified the facts or circumstances by actively cooperating with…