The requirements for the award of public contracts and for legal protection under public procurement law are largely determined by EU law. The implementation of these requirements in the EU member states, however, takes place in a wide variety of forms. This study analyzes the French form of implementation, which is characterized by a uniform administrative law qualification of procurement contracts and a largely indiscriminate application of procurement law remedies both above and below thresholds. French public procurement procedural law is evaluated in the light of the requirements of European Union law; in addition, its essential characteristics are compared with the structural features of German public procurement law and legal protection.
