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Article R713-16 of the French Commercial code

As far as postal voting is concerned, the envelopes, ballot papers and candidate circulars constitute the instruments required for voting mentioned in 1° of article R. 713-14. An order of the supervisory minister sets the format, wording and printing procedures for the voting envelopes, ballot papers and candidate circulars, as well as the procedures for presenting candidates on the ballot papers.
The Election Organisation Committee is responsible for checking that the voting instruments comply with the provisions of this order.

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Article R713-16

En ce qui concerne le vote par correspondance, les enveloppes, les bulletins de vote et les circulaires des candidats constituent les instruments nécessaires au vote mentionnés au 1° de l’article R. 713-14. Un arrêté du ministre de tutelle fixe le format, le libellé et les modalités d’impression des enveloppes de vote, des bulletins de vote et des circulaires des candidats, ainsi que les modalités de présentation des candidatures sur les bulletins de vote.


La commission d’organisation des élections est chargée de vérifier la conformité des instruments de vote aux dispositions de cet arrêté.

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