Traduction de «La plus haute enchère » (Français → Anglais) :

YOU ARE DIRECTED to cause the ship (name), (or her cargo or as the case may be) to be sold at public auction for the highest price that can be obtained for it.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), at the end of the redemption period, the first nation shall assign the taxable property to the highest bidder in the public tender or auction held under subsection 10(1), or to itself as the deemed purchaser under section 12.

(b) upon a certificate of such value having been reduced into writing, and signed by yourself and by the appraiser(s), to cause the ship (her cargo or as the case may be) to be sold by (public auction or private sale) for the highest price that can be obtained for it, but no less than the appraised value unless the Court orders otherwise.

Finally, the auction method can limit the Government's ability to extract industrial benefits from bidders, as a " highest bidder" process is a purely economic exercise.

(16) ‘public auction’ means a method of sale where a good or a service is offered by the trader to consumers, during an event which is physically accessible to the public, through a transparent, competitive bidding procedure run by a third party (the auctioneer), who, for pecuniary consideration , acts as the trader's agent. In an ascending price auction, the good or service is sold to the consumer or a person acting on his behalf making the highest bid. In a descending price auction, the good or service is sold to the consumer or a person acting on his behalf who is first to agree immediately to purchase the good or service for the aski ...[+++]ng price;

The decision follows an investigation by the EEC Commission of a complaint made by Hudson's Bay and Annings Ltd (HBA), the principal auctioneer of furs in the UK, against the Danish Association which, through its seling branch Danish Fur Sales, is the principal auctioneer of furs in Europe.