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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition.

Article R1411-49

Qualified persons who are members of the college or a specialised commission of the Haut Conseil de la santé publique or a standing technical committee are appointed by the Minister for Health for a t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition.

Article R1411-46

The Haut Conseil de la santé publique comprises a college and specialised commissions created by order of the Minister for Health. Permanent technical committees attached to the college or specialised…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Public auction sales.

Article R322-4

Auction room operators may take charge of any operation having as its object the conveyance of goods into the auction room. They may also take charge of insuring the goods of which they are holders, e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Redistribution and inter-professional fund for access to law and justice

Article R444-41

A decree specifies the conditions under which the fund management company implements the provisions of this section, in particular for the management of applications and the granting of aid.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Transparency, restrictive competition practices and other prohibited practices.

Article D443-4

Subject to the provisions of article D. 443-3, the minimum order cancellation period provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 443-5 is set at three days for fresh fruit and vegetables, unless…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-47

The sales report must mention before the start of the sale all items specified in catalogues and other advertising documents or exhibited as to be put up for sale and withdrawn from the sale; the reas…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Transparency in commercial relations.

Article D441-4

…e written report on the renegotiation carried out pursuant to the clause provided for in article L. 441-8 shall contain in particular: 1° Part 1 justifying the implementation of the clause and the res…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-45

It is forbidden for judicial auctioneers, under penalty of disciplinary sanction, to share their emoluments with a third party or to accept that a third party remit to them all or part of the remunera…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-42

…es and bailiffs who perform these functions pursuant to 3° of the article 1 of the law of 1 June 1924 introducing French commercial laws into the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-46

The transport of furniture between the seller's or buyer's home and the auction room may not be undertaken either directly or indirectly by judicial auctioneers.

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