Public health establishments and health cooperation structures with public legal personality may not directly enter into leasing contracts, within the meaning of articles L. 313-7 to L. 313-10 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, the purpose of which is the construction, modification or renovation of real estate assets meeting a need specified by the public authority and intended to be made available to it or to become its property.
This prohibition does not apply to projects for which the public invitation to tender was published before 1 January 2015.