A contract is an agreement between two parties to create a legal effect; it is the only legal means

available for individuals to satisfy their needs.

The State participates with individuals in satisfying all its needs and administering the public

utilities through the contracts which the State enters into. However, the State sometimes uses

administrative decisions to satisfy its needs and administer the public utilities.

Contracts concluded by the State in respect of the administrative decisions as a means for

administering the utilities and meeting its needs are of a consensual nature; the definition of State

contracts does not deviate from that of the contract, which is quoted at the beginning of this article.

State contracts are crucial since they are the means through which comprehensive development

and evolution can take place. Such development and evolution shift the State to an advanced stage

through infrastructures that act as organizational structures to give an impetus to economic and

social life. This is the case with several contracts whose implementation results in changing the

geographical features inside the State through the constructions and developmental projects.