Conclusion

Better access to texts governing public procurement

The publication, in 2019, of a Code de la commande publique (French Public Procurement Code) integrating the legislative and regulatory aspects of contract law and concession law, as well as the loi sur la maîtrise d'ouvrage publique (MOP law) and its implementing decrees concerning project management, and the loi sur la sous-traitance (French law on subcontracting) and its implementing provisions, undoubtedly represents progress in terms of accessibility for construction industry players to the texts likely to affect them.

Improved readability...

The Code is not just a collection of disparate texts, but an ordered plan of all applicable texts, with the public authorities concerned to include in more than twenty appendices to the...