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Article R713-11 of the French Commercial code

No withdrawal or replacement of a candidacy shall be accepted after its registration. The refusal to register a candidature may be contested by the candidate or his proxy under the conditions provided for in the penultimate paragraph of Article L. 265 of the Electoral Code. The application is registered if the administrative court has not ruled within three days of the application being lodged.

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Article R713-12 of the French Commercial code

Candidates for a territorial chamber of commerce and industry who have received at least 5% of the votes cast in that election may obtain reimbursement of their campaign expenses from the territorial chamber of commerce and industry. In the event of a grouping of candidates, all the candidates in the grouping are deemed to have obtained 5% of the votes cast once at least one of them has achieved this…

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Article R713-13 of the French Commercial code

The commission provided for in article L. 713-17, called the “election organisation commission”, competent to organise, in the district of the territorial chamber of commerce and industry, the elections of the members of the regional chamber of commerce and industry, the territorial chamber of commerce and industry and, where applicable, the delegations of the latter chamber, is chaired by the administrative authority mentioned in II of article R. 713-1 or…

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Article R713-14 of the French Commercial code

I.-The Election Organisation Commission is responsible for: 1° Making available to voters, no later than thirteen days before the last day of the poll, the instruments required for voting, under conditions specified by order of the Minister responsible; 2° Organising the counting and collation of votes, on a date to be set no later than the Monday following the last day of the poll; 3° Announcing the results of the…

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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…

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Article R713-17 of the French Commercial code

I. – The envelopes in which the votes are sent are sent to the prefecture, which draws up a summary statement. Under penalty of nullity of the vote, the envelopes in which the votes are sent shall include the following information: 1° The name of the regional chamber and the territorial chamber of commerce and industry; 2° The words “Election of members”; 3° The name of the voter; 4° His…

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Article R713-18 of the French Commercial code

On the date set in 2° of Article R. 713-14, the election organisation committee, composed of sections where applicable, shall proceed with the counting of postal votes in open session and in the presence of scrutineers appointed by the chairman of the committee and by the candidates or their proxies. On the day of the count, as many ballot boxes as there are categories or sub-categories shall be set up….

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Article R713-19 of the French Commercial code

The commission totals the number of votes obtained by each candidate in each category or sub-category and allocates the seats in accordance with Article L. 713-16. Any ballot paper submitted in a form other than that validated by the committee, any ballot paper containing more names than there are seats to be filled in the professional category, sub-category or delegation and any ballot paper tainted by one of the irregularities…

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Article R713-21 of the French Commercial code

With regard to electronic voting, the instruments required for voting mentioned in 1° of article R. 713-14 are the identifier, the password for accessing the voting platform and a sheet explaining the procedures for accessing the electronic voting system to which the voter connects in order to vote. The candidates’ circulars are posted on line on the voting platform and on the website of the chamber of commerce and industry…

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