C-264/03, Commission of the European Communities v French Republic

Declares that, by reserving, in Article 4 of Law No 85-704 of 12 July 1985 on public project contracting and its relationship to private project management, as amended by Law No 96-987 of 14 November 1996 on the implementation of the urban revival pact, the task of delegated project contracting to an exhaustive list of legal persons created under French law, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Council Directive 92/50/EEC of 18 June 1992 relating to the coordination of procedures for the award of public service contracts, as amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 97/52/EC of 13 October 1997, and under Article 49 EC.

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