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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-21

The analyses of water samples mentioned in article R. 1321-19 are carried out by laboratories which must obtain prior approval from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-20

An order by the Minister for Health, issued after consultation with the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail, determines the sampling conditions t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-23

Without prejudice to the programme of water quality analyses provided for in articles R. 1321-15, R. 1321-15-1 and R. 1321-16 and the additional analyses provided for in articles R. 1321-17 and R. 132…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-24

For water supplied by a public distribution service, analyses from the programme mentioned in article R. 1321-23 may replace those carried out in application of article R. 1321-15 when the following t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-25

The person responsible for the production or distribution of water shall make available to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency the results of water quality monitoring and any informatio…

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

Article A321-8

The examination tests are oral and take place in public session. The Conseil des Maisons de Vente provides the secretariat for the jury. The examination, the syllabus of which is set out in Appendix 3…

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

Article A321-9

Admission is pronounced by the jury if the average of the marks obtained by the candidate is equal to or higher than 10 out of 20. At the end of the tests, the jury draws up the list of candidates dec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Deeds relating mainly to real estate and land

Article A444-93

The first forward sales or lease-sales of premises, flats or houses mentioned in article A. 444-92 (numbers 56 and 57 of table 5) give rise to the levying of:1° Where the transfer of ownership is effe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Deeds relating mainly to real estate and land

Article A444-89

The termination or cancellation of a sale (number 52 in table 5) gives rise to the collection of a proportional fee, according to the following scale: Base brackets Rate applicable 0 to €6,500 1.935%…

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

Article A321-7

The Conseil des maisons de vente shall draw up the list of candidates admitted to sit the qualifying examination tests three weeks before the date of the first test of each session. Individual invitat…

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