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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appeals against decisions by the Conseil des maisons de vente, the Enforcement Committee or their chairmen

Article R321-53

…cable, to the Enforcement Committee, to the professional concerned and to the Government Commissioner. In the event of an appeal against the decisions of the Conseil des maisons de vente, its chairman…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appeals against decisions by the Conseil des maisons de vente, the Enforcement Committee or their chairmen

Article R321-52

The appeal does not suspend enforcement. However, the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal, ruling in summary proceedings, may suspend the execution of the decision or of some of its effects,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other auctions.

Article R322-5

Auction hall operators are prohibited from engaging directly or indirectly, on their own behalf or on behalf of others, in any trade or speculation involving goods.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article R430-5

Where a concentration is effected by the purchase or exchange of securities on a regulated market, its effective completion, within the meaning of Article L. The absence of a decision by the Autorité…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Bailiffs

Article R444-51

The service of documents abroad gives rise to the collection of a flat-rate fee when a document is drawn up recording the date of transmission of the request for service. Any additional services requi…

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Paragraph 3: Appeals against decisions by the Conseil des maisons de vente, the Enforcement Committee or their chairmen

Article R321-54

Discussions before the Court of Appeal and its first president are public. However, the court and its first president may decide that the proceedings will not be public if the professional concerned e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The freedom to provide services in the activity of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction by nationals of Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Article R321-57

The declaration provided for in article L. 321-24 shall be in writing. It is sent, within the time limit stipulated in the same article, to the Conseil des Maisons de Vente by registered letter with a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Bailiffs

Article R444-50

The service of judicial or extrajudicial documents from abroad gives rise to the collection by the bailiff of a fixed fee. The documents served are forwarded to the bailiff together with the correspon…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The freedom to provide services in the activity of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction by nationals of Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Article R321-56

Nationals of a State other than France, which is a member of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, who carry out the activity of voluntary sales of furniture by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appeals against decisions by the Conseil des maisons de vente, the Enforcement Committee or their chairmen

Article R321-55

…any means giving a date certain to the parties, the Government Commissioner and the Public Prosecutor.

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