Article L321-36 of the French Commercial code
Public auction sales of State-owned movable property and all sales of movable property carried out in the domanial form shall continue to be carried out in accordance with the procedures set out in Article L. 3211-17 of the General Code on the Ownership of Public Persons. However, by way of derogation from the provisions of the same Article L. 3211-17, these sales may be carried out with advertising and competition,…