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Chapter III: Election of members of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L713-1 of the French Commercial code

I.-Members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry are elected for five years. No person may hold the office of president of a public establishment in the network of chambers of commerce and industry for more than fifteen years, regardless of the number of terms served. However, an elected member who reaches his fifteenth year as president during a term of office shall continue to hold that office…

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Article L713-2 of the French Commercial code

I.-In respect of their registered office and all their establishments located in the district of the territorial chamber of commerce and industry, the natural or legal persons mentioned in 1° and 2° of II of article L. 713-1 have one additional representative when they employ between ten and forty-nine employees in the district of the territorial chamber of commerce and industry, and a second when they employ between fifty and…

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Article L713-3 of the French Commercial code

I.-The representatives referred to in articles L. 713-1 and L. 713-2 must hold office in the company either as chairman and chief executive officer, chairman or member of the board of directors, chief executive officer, chairman or member of the management board, chairman of the supervisory board, manager, chairman or member of the board of directors or director of a public industrial and commercial establishment, or, failing this and in…

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Article L713-4 of the French Commercial code

I.-The following are eligible for election as members of a territorial chamber of commerce and industry and a regional chamber of commerce and industry, provided they are at least eighteen years of age and satisfy the conditions laid down in II of Article L. 713-3 : 1° Voters in their own right referred to in 1° of II of Article L. 713-1 registered on the electoral roll for the corresponding…

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Article L713-5 of the French Commercial code

I. – In the event of the dissolution of a chamber of commerce and industry, it shall be renewed within a period of six months. However, if such dissolution is pronounced less than one year before a general renewal, the renewal shall not be carried out. II. – When the number of members of a chamber of commerce and industry is reduced to less than half the initial number, the…

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Article L713-11 of the French Commercial code

The electors of the members of the territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry are divided in each administrative district into three professional categories corresponding, respectively, to commercial, industrial or service activities. Within these categories, the electors may possibly be divided into professional sub-categories defined according to the size of the companies. Where the second paragraph is applied, the regional chamber of commerce and industry and the territorial chambers…

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Article L713-12 of the French Commercial code

I. – Repealed. II. – The number of seats in a territorial chamber of commerce and industry is set at between twenty-four and one hundred, under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. III. – The number of seats in a regional chamber of commerce and industry is set at between thirty and one hundred and twenty, under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. Each…

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Article L713-13 of the French Commercial code

The distribution of seats between professional categories and sub-categories is made taking into account the tax bases of the nationals, the number of nationals and the number of employees they employ. No professional category may have a representation greater than half the number of seats.

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Article L713-14 of the French Commercial code

The electoral rolls are drawn up under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat by a commission chaired by the judge responsible for supervising the trade and companies register and are subject to the provisions of Article L. 20 of the Electoral Code.

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Article L713-15 of the French Commercial code

For the election of the members of the territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry, each elector shall have as many votes as he or she is qualified to cast pursuant to Article L. 713-1. The right to vote in elections for members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry is exercised electronically. Outside the general renewal period, the right to vote is exercised by post or…

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