Cette thèse de doctorat s’intéresse à une question peu étudiée par l’historiographie de la Chine moderne et pourtant fondamentale pour la compréhension de l’impérialisme dans l’histoire de la Chine moderne. En s’inscrivant à la croisée de trois chantiers historiographiques, connexes, mais distincts, l’histoire urbaine, l’histoire des empires et l’histoire des forces de l’ordre, elle cherche à mettre en lumière la circulation des techniques et des savoirs de l’État moderne comme « statecraft » au niveau de la ville entre les empires européens et l’État chinois. Son objet central est la question de la défense et du maintien de l’ordre public dans la Concession française comme révélateur à la fois des relations entre les autorités françaises et locales, des tensions éventuelles entre les empires, de la hiérarchisation administrative de l’Empire français sur place, et la répartition du pouvoir de commandement militaire entre autorités civiles et militaires, dans le but d’éclairer la mise en place de l’administration municipale de Shanghai avant l’installation de la municipalité de Kuomintang en 1927 à trois niveaux. Comment les rapports existent-ils entre les trois municipalités au sein de la ville? Comment les autorités françaises construisent-elles une administration de la sécurité sur place? Enfin, comment cette administration de la sécurité répond-elle aux défis de la guerre et du conflit militaire ? / This doctoral thesis focuses on a question that has been little studied by the historiography of modern China but that is nevertheless fundamental to the understanding of imperialism in the modern history of this nation. By positioning itself at the intersection of three historiographical camps that are connected and yet distinct—urban history, the history of empires, and the history of the forces of law and order—this thesis will seek to emphasise the idea that the circulation of the skills and knowledge-base of a modern state were an example of “statecraft” within the city of Shanghai, which occupied an intermediary position between the European empires and the Chinese state. The primary focus of the thesis is the issue of defence and the maintenance of public order in the French Concession of Shanghai as being indicative of the relations that existed between the French and local authorities, the possible tensions between the empires, the administrative hierarchy of the French Empire on the ground, and the distribution of the power of military command between the civil and military authorities. The objective is to shed light on the shaping of the municipal administration of Shanghai before the establishment of the Kuomintang municipal authority in 1927 on three levels: what form did relations between the three municipalities within the city take? How did the French authorities build a security administration on the ground? Lastly, how did this security administration respond to the challenges of war and military conflict?

La Compagnie des chemins de fer de l’Est est une société anonyme ferroviaire créée en 1854. Elle résulte de fusions entre plusieurs compagnies concessionnaires de lignes dans le Nord-Est de la France. La Compagnie de l’Est perd une partie de son réseau à la suite de la guerre franco-allemande de 1870-1871. Elle poursuit néanmoins son existence, jusqu’à la nationalisation des chemins de fer en 1937. La Compagnie des chemins de fer de l’Est se transforme alors en Société d’Investissement de l’Est, détentrice de 17,9% du capital de la Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français et représentée au conseil d’administration de cette dernière. Cette thèse, axée sur la notion de service public, se propose d’étudier dans un premier temps la Compagnie de l’Est en tant que société commerciale. Ses composantes, son fonctionnement et le statut de son personnel font l’objet d’une attention particulière. Dans un second temps, l’établissement du réseau de l’Est, tout comme son exploitation, sont développés. Les notions de concession, d’expropriation pour cause d’utilité publique, de contrat de transport et de responsabilité sont ici précisées. / The French East Railway Company is a railway public limited company which was founded in 1854. Several statutory railway companies in the North East of France merged into one to create it. The East Company lost a part of its network after the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871. However, it continued to exist until the railway nationalization in 1937. The East Railway Company then became the East Investment Trust, with representation on the board of directors of the French National Railway Company, and with shares up to 17,9% of its capital.This thesis, which focuses on the public service, will first examine the East Railway Company as a business firm. Its elements, its working and the status of its workforce will be analyzed. Secondly the creation of the Eastern network and its development will be presented. The concepts of concession, compulsory purchase order, carriage transport contract and liability will be underlined.

Per XX a. paskutinius dešimtmečius viešojo ir privataus sektorių santykis gerokai pasikeitė. Tradiciškai viešojo sektoriaus veiklos sričiai priskirtų paslaugų teikimui ar infrastruktūros modernizavimui ir plėtimui imta naudoti viešojo ir privataus sektorių partnerystę. Koncesija yra vienas iš partnerystės modeliu. Ją galima apibūdinti kaip susitarimą tarp viešojo ir privataus sektorių, kurio tikslas sujungti viešuosius ir privačius išteklius, siekiant realizuoti viešosios politikos tikslus. Lietuvoje koncesijos, lyginant su kitomis valstybėmis, yra naujas reiškinys, neturintis tradicijų ir patirties. Viešosios institucijos retai nusprendžia investicijas pritraukti koncesijos sutarčių pagrindu. Šio darbo objektas yra koncesija. Tikslas - išnagrinėti koncesijų taikymo galimybes Lietuvoje. Tikslo pasiekimui iškelti trys uždaviniai, kurie nulėmė darbo struktūrą. Pirmojoje darbo dalyje analizuojant mokslinę literatūrą ir taikant apibendrinimo metodą nagrinėjamos ekonominės – socialinės viešojo ir privataus sektorių partnerystės atsiradimo prielaidos ir partnerystės sąvoka. Antrojoje dalyje, analizuojant viešojo ir privataus sektorių partnerystės taikymo galimybes atliekama mokslinės literatūros ir informacinių šaltinių analizė, taikomas klasifikavimo ir sisteminimo metodas. Trečiojoje darbo dalyje vertinant koncesijų taikymo galimybės atliekamas kokybinis tyrimas, suformuluojami pagrindiniai klausimai, atliekama norminių teisės aktų ir informacinių šaltinių lyginamoji analizė... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Infrastructure has been traditionally viewed as a natural monopoly under the management, control, financial responsibility of the central and local government. However, various countries of the world have shown a growing interest in Concessions (one of the Public Private Partnership model) over the last two decades. Concession is arrangement in which the public and private sectors join together to produce and deliver goods and services. It is a sufficiently new phenomenon in Lithuania and some shortcomings are noticeable in its application. The object of this thesis is Concession. The aim of work is to analyze possibilities to apply the concession in Lithuania. Three tasks were established for the realizing the goal meanwhile determining the structure of thesis. In the first part of thesis there is analysed Public Private Partnership, as phenomena, using analysis of academic literature. In the second part, by using analysis of special and statistical literature, there are analysed subjects influencing Public Private Partnership and experience of various countries of the world in the developing Partnership policy. Situation in Lithuania by excluding main prerequisites for developing concessions is analysed in the third part, using qualitative analysis of academic and special literature, laws, conference materials, comparative, case study methods and quantitative analysis by carrying out a survey of Municipalities opinion. Analysis of theoretical and practical aspects has shown... [to full text]

L’adaptation des ports maritimes aux nouvelles donnes du commerce international, ne peut se réaliser sans une implication des opérateurs privés dans la gestion des activités portuaires. Cette participation exige que, les activités industrielles et commerciales des ports, leur soient confiées par le biais de montages juridiques efficients. Parmi ceux-ci, les concessions portuaires apparaissent comme les outils juridiques offrant un cadre d’accueil, en termes de performance et de rentabilité des activités économiques dans les ports maritimes. Or, aujourd’hui, le problème de la qualification juridique de ces concessions portuaires semble se poser dans la mesure où règne un désordre juridique en droit administratif. Cette thèse vise, ainsi, à apporter un éclairage à la question. Son introduction générale expose, d’abord, la notion de concession portuaire et aborde ensuite l’objectif de cette étude en mettant l’accent sur sa problématique : le contrat de concession dans les ports peut-il être classé dans une famille juridique préétablie et être rattaché à une catégorie juridique préexistante ? Pour répondre à cette question, la première partie de cette thèse s’est attachée à mettre en relief la diversité des éléments caractéristiques des concessions portuaires. Cette opération d’identification a mis l’accent sur les éléments essentiels et ceux qui sont non essentiels permettant la qualification juridique des concessions portuaires. Mais, cette qualification théorique ne peut être judicieuse et cohérente que si elle est confrontée à la constante évolution de la pratique des montages concessifs réalisés par les opérateurs économiques dans les ports. C’est à cette grille d’analyse que s’est livrée la seconde partie de cette thèse. Elle a, ainsi, porté sur la diversité de la pratique concessive dans les ports maritimes français et africains. Aussi, ont été examinés les montages concessifs dans les ports français en comparaison avec ceux utilisés dans les ports européens (Anvers, Rotterdam, Hambourg) et dans les ports de l’Afrique notamment en Côte d’Ivoire, au Sénégal, au Cameroun, en Algérie et au Maroc. Cette analyse comparative qui est illustrée par des documents professionnels montre, finalement, que la qualification juridique des concessions portuaires qui est l’axe central de cette thèse est un exercice périlleux. Elle ne peut se faire qu’au cas par cas, selon les pays et en tenant compte des efforts conjugués de la doctrine, de la jurisprudence, des textes législatifs et réglementaires. / The adaptation of sea ports to the new rules of international trade can only happen with the involvement of private port managing operators. This involvement requires the entrustment of ports industrial and commercial activities, through efficient legal devices/arrangements/frameworks. Among these, port concessions seem like legal instruments providing a good setting, in terms of performance and profitability for economic activities in sea ports. However, the legal qualification/classification/characterization of these port concessions can be an issue since a legal disorder is observed in administrative law. The thesis is thus aiming at sheding light on this matter. The introduction firstly exposes the notion of port concession and then adresses the objective of this study by outlining its problematic : can port concession contracts be classified into a pre-establisehd legal group and attached to a pre-existing legal category ? To address the question, the first section of this thesis highlights the diversity characterizing port concessions. This identification process outlines the essentiel and non-essential elements, enabling the legal qualification of port concessions. However, this theoretical qualificaiton can only be wise and coherent if it adapts to the constant evolution of the use of concessive framework by the economic agents in sea ports. The second section of the thesis thus tackles the issue, by considering the diversity in use of concessions in sea ports of France and Africa. The concessive devices of French sea ports have been compared to those of other European ports (Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg) and African ports, in particular in Ivory Coast, Senegal, Cameroon, Algeria and Morocco. The comparative analysis illustrated through professional documents, shows that the legal qualification of port concessions, which is the center of this thesis, is a perilous enterprise. It can be done only on a case by cas basis, according to the various countries and taking into account the joint forces of doctrine, jurisdiction, as well as legal and regulatory texts.

Cette thèse étudie l'expression de la concession l'oral dans une perspective contrastive français - vietnamien. A partir d'un corpus d'émissions radiophoniques en français et ensuivant trois approches complémentaires - linguistique, logique et interactionnelle -, le fonctionnement et les caractéristiques des concessions ont été analysés afin de les classer par catégories et d'en proposer un modèle d'expression. Les concessions en vietnamien ont été étudiées à partir de données homologues afin de mettre en évidence les similitudes et les différences. / The aim of this PhD is a linguistic analysis of the concessive clause in a contrastive French/Vietnamese perspective based on a corpus of radio programs. Three complementary approaches (linguistic, logical and interactional) are used to define the functions and the properties of concessive clauses in French as in Vietnamese in order to observe the similarities and the differences toward a modelling.

Cette thèse propose une étude globale sur les contrats build-operate-transfer (BOT). Ils sont traités dans leurs aspects financiers, juridiques et contractuels. Les investissements dans les infrastructures publiques telles que les transports, l’eau, l’énergie constituent non seulement un outil de développement économique, mais aussi contribuent à l’amélioration des conditions de vie humaine. Mais, pour réaliser ces projets souvent de taille importante, le financement est un des principaux soucis des décideurs publics. En particulier, le Cambodge figure parmi les États à bas revenus. Les contraintes financières sont telles que l’État recourt de plus en plus au secteur privé, notamment par le biais des contrats BOT. Par cette technique, l’État peut cibler ses besoins spécifiques, tout en évitant le déficit budgétaire. En contrepartie, le secteur privé bénéficie d’un droit d’exploiter une infrastructure en cause pour une durée généralement longue pendant laquelle il rentabilise ses investissements.En se basant sur l’association des intérêts publics et privés, la mise en œuvre des contrats BOT nécessite un cadre juridique adéquate, sans lequel les intérêts publics pourraient être menacés, et cela pourrait être dissuasif pour la décision des investisseurs, notamment étrangers. / This thesis suggests a comprehensive study on the build-operate-transfer contracts (BOT). They are analysed in their financial, legal and contractual aspects.Investment in public infrastructure such as transport, water, energy is not only a tool for economic development, but also contributes to the improvement of human life’s conditions. However, to achieve these major projects, funding is a major concern of policy makers. In particular, Cambodia is among the States with low income. Financial constraints are such that the State resorts increasingly to the private sector, including through BOT contracts. By this technique, the State can target their specific needs, while avoiding the budget deficit. In return, the private sector has a right to operate the infrastructure in question for a period generally long during which it recovers its investments.Based on a combination of public and private interests, the implementation of BOT contracts requires a proper legal framework, without which public interests might be threatened, and that could be a deterrent for the decision of investors, especially foreigners.

La Commission européenne a fait le choix de réguler le secteur de la distribution automobile par un règlement d'exemption par catégorie, considéré comme un instrument de concurrence favorisant la sécurité juridique. L'objectif poursuivi était le suivant : combattre les effets anticoncurrentiels des accords verticaux du secteur par une intervention directe sur le contrat de distribution. La réforme opérée en 2010 a rompu cet équilibre, la Commission a abandonné son approche sectorielle au profit d'une politique concurrentielle davantage globale et économique. En ce qui concerne le secteur de la vente, le règlement n°1400/2002 perdurera jusqu'au 31 mai 2013, le secteur sera alors soumis au règlement général n°330/2010, au règlement n°461/2010 et à leurs lignes directrices. Les services de l'après-vente sont immédiatement concernés par le nouveau règlement automobile n°461/2010 et par le règlement général n°330/2010 ainsi qu'à leurs lignes directrices respectives. La première règle emportant alignement du secteur automobile sur le règlement général est la généralisation du seuil de 30 % en deçà duquel doivent se situer les parts de marché du constructeur et du distributeur réunies. La Commission abandonne la promotion du multimarquisme dès lors que le constructeur sera en droit d'exiger de son distributeur une obligation d'approvisionnement à hauteur de 80 %. Le point de réforme important reste celui lié à l'abandon des règles relatives à la durée des accords, aux délais de préavis, aux conditions de rupture et au règlement non juridictionnel des litiges. En matière d'après-vente, des règles spécifiques plus strictes que celles prévues par le règlement général, notamment en ce qui concerne l'information technique, les pièces détachées, le refus d'honorer la garantie et l'accès aux réseaux de réparateurs agréés, ont été conservées. / The european Commission has taken the choice to regulate the car sector by an exemption regulation, considered as an effective antitrust tool in order to provide a juridic security. The objective pursued was to fight the anticompetitive effects of vertical agreements by a direct intervention in the contract of distribution. The reform maked in 2010 has upset this balance, the Commission has given up her sectonial approach for a competition policy more than a global and economic one. Concerning the vehicle distribution, the exemption regulation 1400/2002 will come into force until 31 may 2013, then the sector will be submited to the exemption regulation 330/2010, the exemption regulation 461/2010 and their guidelines. The after sales services will be immediately submited to the new exemption regulation 461/2010 and by the exemption regulation 330/2010 and also their guidelines. The first rule who will permit to treat the car distribution like an y other market is the generalization of the uniform market share threshold of 30 % for the motor vehicle supplier and his distributor. The Commission gives up the objective of multi-brand distribution as far as the vehicle supplier can require from his distributor a buying obligation for 80 %. The key of the reform remain the giving up of the rules concerning the terme of the contract, the minimum period of notice, the rupture of contract and the right to refer disputes concerning the fulfilment of their contractual obligations to an independent expert or arbitrator. Concerning after sales services, specific rules more strict than those provided by the general exemption, particularly concerning the technical informations, spared parts, the refuse to honour warranties on motor vehicles and the access to the networks remains of sales services, have been kept.

The thesis deals with the issue of connectors in contemporary French. The first part offers an outline of different approaches to the term connector/connecteur within Czech and Francophone linguistics. Based on the description and comparison of individual authors' approaches classified by the theoretical aspects applied, this part explains functioning of connectors not only within the logical semantic coherence relations, but also within the hierarchisation of utterance content considering the pragmatic dimension of the text. The second part of the thesis defines the term "connector" with respect to the approaches introduced above. The third part of the work deals with the characteristics and function of concessive connectors. It is based on defining the concessive relations, it describes their different aspects of meaning conditioning the relations classification within logical semantic relations in Czech and French and offers a list of linguistic means to express them and at the same time, it stresses the complex functional character of the connectors.

Este trabalho busca identificar os elementos que caracterizam o gênero \"concessão\" na atualidade, propondo que ele seja estudado autonomamente para não ser confundido com suas espécies. O ponto de partida do estudo foi uma pesquisa realizada sobre a teoria jurídica brasileira que tratou da concessão dos anos 30 a 60 do século XX (chamada de teoria clássica). Foi demonstrado que o esforço doutrinário brasileiro esteve focado na construção de argumentos e classificações para afirmar a existência de prerrogativas públicas na relação concessória, cuja natureza contratual foi amplamente aceita para viabilizar a prestação de serviços públicos. Após o mapeamento das razões que levaram à construção das freqüentes afirmações doutrinárias sobre concessão, duas linhas de desenvolvimento foram seguidas. A primeira, após a identificação dos possíveis limites constitucionais e infraconstitucionais à afirmação da concessão como gênero contratual, envolveu a demonstração da inadequação dos elementos tradicionalmente ligados às espécies concessórias para a caracterização do gênero \"concessão\". A segunda linha envolveu a identificação dos vetores que propõem a atualização do regime jurídico do contrato administrativo para fim de aplicá-los ao gênero \"concessão\". Com base nas conclusões a que se chegou foi possível afirmar um traço caracterizador do gênero \"concessão\", capaz de apartá-lo de outros modelos contratuais e das próprias espécies concessórias. Em seguida, foram investigadas as conseqüências do reconhecimento da concessão como gênero contratual, o que foi feito tendo como foco a Lei n.º 11.079/04 e o impacto provocado por ela nos contratos de concessão e, reflexamente, nos contratos administrativos em geral. Ao final, foram arroladas conclusões obtidas ao longo do trabalho. / This dissertation aims at examining the legal aspects of concession as a general concept, suggesting that its main features are more profitably examined when distinguished from the specifities of its concrete varieties. A survey of the Brazilian legal studies on concessions which were published between 1930-1960 (the so-called classical theory) showed that Brazilian theorists of that period focused primarily on the building of arguments to support the existence of public prerogatives in concessions, whose contractual nature was widely accepted as a tool to make public services available. Constitutional and infra-constitutional limits to such reading of the contractual nature of concessions were then examined to expose the possible inadequacy of concession as a general concept. Also examined were alternative, modernizing interpretations of administrative contracts so as to adjust such notion to the broad concept of concession. As a result, some key elements of concession as a genus were suggested. Finally, this paper examined the effects oh this understanding of the contractual nature of concessions by a critique of Law 11.079/04, and of its impact on concession and administrative contracts.

O International Financial Reporting Interpretation Comittee 12 (IFRIC 12) foi o primeiro pronunciamento internacional sobre contratos de concessões. Pela complexidade do tema, demorou vários anos para ser publicado e aplicado, mas algumas discussões internacionais ainda persistem. No Brasil, o IFRIC 12 foi traduzido na Interpretação do Comitê de Pronunciamentos Contábeis 01 (ICPC 01). O objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar as diferentes formas de contratação das concessões rodoviárias e suas contabilizações. Para isso, foi feito um estudo de caso em uma holding de concessões brasileira, análise de conteúdo dos relatórios anuais de outras concessionárias concorrentes e dos contratos de concessões, além de entrevistas sobre outorgas onerosas na Agência Reguladora de Serviços Públicos Delegados de Transporte do Estado de São Paulo (ARTESP) e Associação Brasileira de Concessionárias de Rodoviárias (ABCR). As três modalidades principais de concessões rodoviárias: gratuita, onerosa e subsidiada geram diferenças significativas na estrutura patrimonial da empresa, afetando, de forma distinta, as contas de ativo intangível, ativo financeiro, outorgas fixas e variáveis, provisões de manutenção, além de receitas, podendo resultar em impactos variados no patrimônio líquido. O resultado indicou que ainda há oportunidades para melhorias na representação contábil dos direitos e obrigações das concessionárias. / The International Financial reporting Interpretation Committee 12 (IFRIC 12) was the first international pronouncement about concessions arrangements. The subject was discussed for many years until be published and applied, due to the complexity of the issue. However, the debate is not finished yet. In Brazil, the IFRIC 12 was translated on Interpretação do Comitê de Pronunciamentos Contábeis 01 (ICPC 01). The aim of this study was to study the different hiring forms of the road concessions and its accountings. So, a case study in a concession holding was made, compared with others concessionaires, besides interview about onerous grants at Agência Reguladora de Serviços Públicos Delegados de Transporte do Estado de São Paulo (ARTESP) and at Associação Brasileira de Concessionarias de Rodoviárias (ABCR). The three main forms of road concessions: free, onerous and subsidized can produce differences on the financial structure of the company, affecting differently, the intangible assets, financial assets, fixed and variable grants, provision of maintenance, and revenues accounts, impacting the equity. The result showed that the financial statement can be better.