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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Suspension of the contract and protection against breach.

Article L1226-8

At the end of the suspension periods defined in article L. 1226-7, the employee shall return to his job or to a similar job with at least equivalent remuneration, except in the situations mentioned in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Fixing the term and duration of the contract.

Article L1242-8

…ation may have neither the purpose nor the effect of permanently filling a job linked to the normal and permanent activity of the company. The provisions of this article do not apply to fixed-term emp…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Contract for the sale of travel and holidays

Article L211-8

…nclusion of the contract, of the main characteristics of the services offered relating to transport and the holiday, the contact details of the retailer and the organiser, the price and payment terms,…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Contract for the sale of travel and holidays.

Article R211-8

…rovided for in article L. 211-12, it shall mention the precise methods of calculation, both upwards and downwards, of price variations, in particular the amount of transport costs and related taxes, t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L351-8

For the application of article L. 351-7 in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° In article L. 314-6, the words: "75,000 euros" are replaced by the words: "8,950,000 CFP francs"; 2° In article L. 314-14,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-8

Agents are empowered to investigate and record infringements or breaches of the provisions: 1° Of the third paragraph of article 10 of Law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-8

Decisions modifying or refusing to modify the measures mentioned in the first and fourth paragraphs of article 712-6 or the obligations resulting from these measures or from measures ordered by the se…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Economic, social, environmental and trade union training leave

Article L2145-8

…ch year by all the employees of the establishment for the training provided for in this sub-section and in articles L. 2325-44 and L. 4614-14 relating to the training of members of the social and econ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Categories of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article R344-8

Information relating to operations carried out outside France by policyholders located in France takes the following form for each of the countries of destination of operations defined in article R. 3…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin

Article L771-8

Debtors domiciled in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin come under the jurisdiction of the Guadeloupe over-indebtedness commission.

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