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Article L2122-1 of the French Public procurement code

The purchaser may award a contract without prior advertising or competitive tendering in the cases laid down by decree in the Council of State when, due in particular to the existence of an unsuccessful initial procedure, particular urgency, its subject or estimated value, compliance with such a procedure is unnecessary, impossible or manifestly contrary to the interests of the purchaser or to a reason in the general interest.

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Article L2122-1

L’acheteur peut passer un marché sans publicité ni mise en concurrence préalables dans les cas fixés par décret en Conseil d’Etat lorsque en raison notamment de l’existence d’une première procédure infructueuse, d’une urgence particulière, de son objet ou de sa valeur estimée, le respect d’une telle procédure est inutile, impossible ou manifestement contraire aux intérêts de l’acheteur ou à un motif d’intérêt général.

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