France – Legal services – ACCORD-CADRE DE PRESTATIONS DE SERVICES JURIDIQUES DE CONSEIL ET DE REPRESENTATION EN JUSTICE

The present framework agreement aims to provide legal services for the benefit of the Office, reserved for the legal profession in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial and legal professions. These services include: 1° Legal consultation and advice; 2° Representation and defence in court of the Office before all jurisdictions, both judicial and administrative, of first and second instance. In addition to these services, and without this constituting an autonomous service giving rise to separate billing, the holder undertakes to ensure, within the scope of the relevant lot, active legal monitoring of legislative, regulatory and case law developments likely to impact the Office's activities. The areas of law covered by this framework agreement are defined lot by lot in the CCP. This framework agreement does not include within its scope services in progress at the date of notification. These services remain handled by the lawyers to whom they were initially entrusted and this, until the end of their execution, unless a contrary decision by the buyer.