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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Representation of jobseekers.

Article L5411-9

In order to improve information for jobseekers and their ability to exercise their rights, the State and the bodies responsible for jobseeker placement and training shall lay down the rules for settin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-9

Collective management organisations draw up annual accounts comprising a balance sheet, an income statement and notes, in accordance with a regulation of the accounting standards authority and in such…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Work relating to national defence.

Article L3132-9

In State establishments and in those where work is carried out on behalf of the State and in the interests of national defence, the weekly rest period may be temporarily suspended by the ministers con…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-9

Whatever the nature of the loss, where liability is not disputed and the loss has been fully quantified, the insurer covering civil liability in respect of a land motor vehicle is obliged to make a re…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L132-9

Failure to comply with the judge's decision ordering the cessation of the misleading commercial practice is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-94-1

An employee may, at his request and in agreement with the employer, give up anonymously and without consideration all or part of his untaken rest days, whether or not they have been allocated to a tim…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3142-94-3

In the absence of more favourable stipulations resulting from the employment contract, an agreement concluded between the Minister of Defence or the Minister of the Interior and the employer or an agr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-94-2

To implement the right to leave of absence for activities in the military operational reserve or the national police operational reserve mentioned in article L. 3142-89, the employment contract, an ag…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Implementing provisions.

Article L3232-9

Decrees in the Conseil d'Etat will determine the terms and conditions for the application of this chapter, in particular: 1° The conditions, procedures and deadlines for reimbursement by the State of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cemeteries

Article L2223-9

Any person may be buried on a particular property, provided that the property is outside the precincts of towns and cities and at the prescribed distance.

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