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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R424-3

…reading of urban or industrial sewage sludge are intended to cover: 1° Compensation paid to farmers and owners of agricultural and forestry land mentioned in the first paragraph of I of article L. 425…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Account overdrafts

Article R312-32

For the application of the provisions of Article L. 312-85, the lender or credit intermediary shall provide the borrower, in a clear and legible manner, with information concerning: 1° The identity an…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Consumer credit

Article R351-3

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:A…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L7321-3

…y who supplies the goods or on whose behalf the orders are collected or the goods to be processed, handled or transported are received is only responsible for the application to salaried branch manage…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article A761-3

The manager of a market of national interest sends the following activity and financial reports to the municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation on whose territory the m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for sales by judicial auction.

Article R642-29-2

…d'exécution which are mentioned below. At the auction hearing, the procedure set out in sub-section 3 of the aforementioned section 4 shall be followed. Article R. 322-59 of the same code. The auction…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article L112-2-2

…ective policyholder's commercial or professional activity: 1° At the beginning of the conversation, and immediately after fulfilling the information obligations laid down by regulation, the distributo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Individual authorisation

Article R7124-3

Individual authorisation is granted with the assent of a committee whose composition and mode of operation are determined in section 3.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-23

When childbirth occurs more than six weeks before the expected date and requires postnatal hospitalisation of the child, maternity leave is extended by the number of days running from the actual date…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-26

…ch or company level setting guarantees for the development of employees' pay during maternity leave and following such leave that are at least as favourable as those mentioned in this article, such pa…

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