Public service concession: The French Competition Authority warns local authorities about the risks of setting up local public companies

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Concise Aut. opinion No. 11-A-18 of 24 November 2011 on the creation of local public companies The French Competition Authority has been asked by the professional association Entreprises Générales de France - BTP to give its opinion on Act No. 2010-559 of 28 May 2010 on the development of local public companies. The Authority has ruled on the compatibility of the local public company regime with public procurement law and State aid law. For the record, local public companies are public limited companies whose entire share capital must be held by at least two local authorities or their groupings and whose corporate purpose is land or property development,