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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-11

The reserve price is the minimum price agreed with the seller below which the property may not be sold. If the property has been estimated, this price may not be set higher than the lowest estimate ap…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and scope of application

Article L612-1

…t shall monitor compliance with their solvency requirements and, for the persons mentioned in 1° to 4° and 8° to 10° of A of I of Article L. 612-2, the rules relating to the preservation of their liqu…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Structures

Article L2412-2

…L. 312-3 du même code; 4° Aux ouvrages de bâtiment acquis par les organismes énumérés à l'article…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIIc: Tax on precious metals, jewellery, works of art, collectors' items and antiques

Article 150 VJ

…un service d'archives de l'Etat, d'une collectivité territoriale ou d'une autre personne publique ; 4° Disposals or exports of goods mentioned in 2° of I of Article 150 VI where the disposal price or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-16

…or withdrawn; 3° The conditions under which the national blood transfusion master plan is drawn up; 4° The procedures for implementing the national blood transfusion master plan, which are decided by…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article L351-5

The following are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations provided for in article L. 351-6, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consolidated and combined financial statements

Article R345-1-3

When the entity designated in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article R. 345-1-2 is an undertaking mentioned in Articles L. 310-1 or L. 310-1-1, a société de groupe d'assuranc…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-19

…re the opposition is based on several earlier rights and one of them falls within the case cited in 4° of Article R. 712-18 or the effects of one of them have ceased, the opposition proceedings shall…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-19

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 4425-18 are transmitted to the Corsican regional authority. They are communicated by the Corsican regional authority to the elected m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-8

…well as the protection of listed or registered monuments; >Principles of town and country planning 4° The principles of rural development defined by article L. 111-2 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing…

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