Article R2131-16 of the French Public procurement code
For contracts awarded in accordance with one of the formalised procedures listed in articles R. 2124-2 to R. 2124-6: 1° The State, its public establishments other than of an industrial and commercial nature, local authorities, their public establishments and their groupings publish a contract notice in the Bulletin officiel des annonces des marchés publics and in the Official Journal of the European Union; 2° Other purchasers publish a contract notice…