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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Savings and provident institutions.

Article R512-48

The guidance and supervisory boards and management boards of the savings and provident institutions are required to comply with the decisions taken by the central body of the savings banks and banques…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Crédit maritime mutuel.

Article R512-40

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution referred to in Article L. 612-1 may, after obtaining the opinion of the central body of savings banks and banques populaires, grant collective auth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Sociétés de crédit foncier

Article R513-4

Loans secured by a charge on immovable property conferring an equivalent guarantee within the meaning of 1 of I of article L. 513-3 are loans secured by a charge which gives the creditor, regardless o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Sponsorship.

Article L6523-4

…on against accidents at work and occupational illnesses under the conditions set out inarticle L. 754-5 of the Social Security Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Paid leave.

Article L7213-4

The salary for the period of paid annual leave is increased by a housing allowance and all other benefits in kind granted by the employer pursuant to the employment contract or any contract ancillary…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L7123-4

The presumption of the existence of a contract of employment subsists regardless of the method and amount of remuneration and the classification given to the contract by the parties. Nor is it destroy…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Remuneration.

Article L7113-4

The mandatory negotiations referred to in articles L. 2241-1 and L. 2241-8 also cover the salaries paid to professional journalists who contribute, on a permanent or occasional basis, to the productio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Breach of contract.

Article L7112-4

Where the length of service exceeds fifteen years, an arbitration commission is appointed to determine the compensation due. This commission is made up equally of arbitrators appointed by the employer…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions of cover and remuneration.

Article L6422-4

The costs of measures to validate acquired experience include the procedural and support costs determined by regulation.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Definitions.

Article L7111-4

The following are treated in the same way as professional journalists: direct editorial staff, copywriters/translators, stenographers/editors, copywriters/revisers, reporters/drawers, reporters/photog…

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