Likewise, from time to time Hard Assets Alliance may engage in affiliate programs offered by other companies, though corporate policy firmly dictates that such agreements will have no influence on any product or service recommendations, nor alter the pricing that would otherwise be available in absence of such an agreement. (hardassetsalliance.com)
After a reasonable interval to seek work in their own occupation, workers are currently expected to take a job «at a rate of earnings not lower and on conditions not less favourable than those observed by agreement between employers and employees or, in the absence of any such agreement, than those recognized by good employers.» (progressive-economics.ca)
By contrast, point 5 is about what should or should be reflected in the withdrawal agreement and has no object in the absence of such an agreement. (politics.stackexchange.com)