Chapter II: Pooling

Groupings may be formed between granting authorities or between one or more granting authorities and one or more legal persons governed by private law who are not granting authorities in order to jointly award one or more concession contracts.

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 concession contract in the name and on behalf of the other members.The concession-granting authorities that are members of the consortium are jointly and severally liable only for…

A grouping of concession-granting authorities may be formed with concession-granting authorities from other Member States of the European Union, provided that this choice has not been made for the purpose of evading the application of national provisions affecting public policy. Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 3112-2, and subject to the stipulations of international agreements or administrative arrangements between the Member States to which they belong, the members of the…

Concession contracts entered into by a consortium in which local authorities or local public bodies hold a majority stake are subject to the rules set out in this Part and in the preliminary chapter of Title I of Book IV of Part I of the General Local Authorities Code and, where applicable, in Chapter I of Title I of Book IV of Part I of the said Code.