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

Article L321-11

…st estimate appearing in the advertisement, or publicly announced by the person conducting the sale and recorded in the minutes.Article L. 442-5 is applicable to any seller who habitually resells new…

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

Article L321-12

…rice. Failing that, he shall pay the seller the difference between the guaranteed minimum bid price and the actual bid price. The operator may resell the property thus acquired, including at public au…

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

Article L321-14

…luntary sales of furniture by public auction mentioned in Article L. 321-4 are liable to the seller and the buyer for the representation of the price and the delivery of the goods for which they have…

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

Article L321-17

The operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction mentioned in Article L. 321-4 and the public or ministerial officers competent to carry out judicial and voluntary sales, as well as the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals

Article D1251-1

…practice not to use open-ended employment contracts, due to the nature of the activity carried out and the temporary nature of these jobs, are as follows: 1° Forestry operations ; 2° Ship repair; 3°…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Entry on the list of top-level sports referees and judges

Article R221-10

The status of high-level sports referee and judge is obtained by inclusion on the list of high-level sports referees and judges drawn up by the Minister for Sport, on the recommendation of the relevan…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2221-5-1

…from their business cycle; b) The régies responsible for managing a public service of an industrial and commercial nature mentioned in Article L. 2221-10 may deposit their funds, after express authori…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3512-1

Tobacco products are products that can be consumed and are composed, even partially, of tobacco, whether genetically modified or not. Tobacco products include cigarettes, rolling tobacco, pipe tobacco…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating conditions

Article L6213-1

…ist holding one of the evidence of formal qualifications mentioned in articles L. 4221-2, L. 4221-4 and L. 4221-5, who also has:a) Or a specialist diploma in medical biology, the list of which is set…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Territorial limits.

Article L4122-1

…ial boundaries of the regions shall be amended by law after consultation with the regional councils and departmental councils concerned. The modification of the territorial boundaries of the regions m…

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