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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article L321-28

…to them or of the provisions of this chapter, nationals of the Member States of the European Union and of the States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area are subject to the provisions…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article L321-25

Persons practising the activity of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction on a permanent basis in their country of origin shall use, in France, their capacity expressed in the language or one…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article L321-26

…be able to carry out the activity of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction on a temporary and occasional basis, a national of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation for creation, removal, modification or transfer

Article R5126-27

…ation for authorisation to create or transfer an in-house pharmacy, as provided for in article L. 5126-4, is submitted by the natural person holding the authorisation to operate the establishment or b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation for creation, removal, modification or transfer

Article R5126-28

I.-For the establishments, services or organisations mentioned in 1°, 2°, 3° or 4° of article R. 5126-1, with the exception of army hospitals and the Institution nationale des invalides, the applicati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation for creation, removal, modification or transfer

Article R5126-29

I.-The application for authorisation provided for in article L. 5126-4 is sent by the head of the organisation concerned to the Minister for Defence in the case of army hospitals and to the Minister f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Tasks

Article R4641-21

The Regional Occupational Health and Prevention Committee provides guidance in the fields of occupational health and safety and the improvement of working conditions within the region. In addition to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The guarantee fund.

Article R334-21

The guarantee fund of the undertakings referred to in article L. 310-3-2 is equal to one third of the minimum required solvency margin defined in article R. 334-19, but may not be less than the thresh…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provision of data by the concessionaire in the case of management under concession of a public service

Article L3131-2

…essionaire shall provide the conceding authority, in electronic format, in a freely reusable open standard that can be used by an automated processing system, with the data and databases collected or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-26

The examination to test knowledge is organised at least once a year. The dates and locations of the tests are set by the Minister of Justice and published four months before the date of the first test…

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