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Article L1212-2 of the French Public procurement code

Subject to the provisions of article L. 2192-15, a public undertaking within the meaning of this Code is any body with legal personality which carries out activities involving the production or marketing of goods or market services and over which one or more contracting authorities exercise, directly or indirectly, a dominant influence by virtue of the ownership of the undertaking, the financial participation or the rules which govern it.
The contracting authorities shall be deemed to exercise a dominant influence where they, directly or indirectly, hold a majority of the capital, have a majority of the voting rights or are entitled to appoint more than half of the members of the administrative, management or supervisory body.

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Article L1212-2


Sous réserve des dispositions de l’article L. 2192-15, est une entreprise publique au sens du présent code tout organisme doté de la personnalité juridique qui exerce des activités de production ou de commercialisation de biens ou de services marchands et sur lequel un ou plusieurs pouvoirs adjudicateurs exercent, directement ou indirectement, une influence dominante en raison de la propriété de l’entreprise, de la participation financière ou des règles qui la régissent.
L’influence des pouvoirs adjudicateurs est réputée dominante lorsque ceux-ci, directement ou indirectement, détiennent la majorité du capital, disposent de la majorité des droits de vote ou peuvent désigner plus de la moitié des membres de l’organe d’administration, de direction ou de surveillance.

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