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Article R723-1 of the French Commercial code

During the first two months of the year following the election of the members of the chambers of commerce and industry and the chambers of trades and crafts, the commission referred to in Article L. 723-3 shall draw up the list of members of the electoral college of the commercial court. This commission comprises, in addition to its chairman, a judge of the commercial court appointed at the beginning of…

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Article R723-2 of the French Commercial code

To draw up the list of members of the electoral college, the commission shall obtain from the president of the commercial court a copy of the order fixing the list of judges making up the court and the list of former members of the court, as well as, from the president of the chamber of commerce and industry and the president of the chamber of trades and crafts, the list…

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Article R723-3 of the French Commercial code

No later than 15 July each year, the commission shall draw up the electoral list to be used in the election provided for in Article L. 723-11. This list is immediately posted at the commercial court registry and remains there until the votes are counted. A copy is sent to the Prefect. The list is rectified at the instance of the clerk of the commercial court in the event of…

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Article R723-4 of the French Commercial code

In the event of a change in the jurisdiction of two or more commercial courts, the list of members of the electoral college of each of the commercial courts affected by this change is rectified under the conditions set out in article R. 723-2. The registrars of the said courts shall make all necessary communications between themselves with a view to the entries or deletions required by this update. .

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Article R723-6 of the French Commercial code

Applications for the office of judge of a commercial court are declared to the prefect. No person may be a candidate for several commercial courts at the same time. Declarations of candidacy are admissible until 6 p.m. on the twentieth day preceding that of the counting of votes in the first ballot. Declarations must be made in writing and signed by the candidates. They may be individual or collective. Each…

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Article R723-7 of the French Commercial code

The electoral college is informed, by an order of the prefect issued forty-five days before the date of the counting of the votes for the first ballot, of the date, time and place set for the counting and collation of the votes for the first and second ballots. A copy of this order is sent to each elector. A period of ten working days separates the counting dates for the…

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Article R723-8 of the French Commercial code

The commission provided for in article L. 723-13 comprises, in addition to its chairman, a judge of the judicial court appointed by the first president of the court of appeal and a civil servant appointed by the prefect. The secretariat of the commission is provided by the clerk of the commercial court.

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Article R723-10 of the French Commercial code

At least twelve days before the date of counting of the votes for the first ballot, the prefect shall send the electors two electoral envelopes intended, for each ballot, to receive the ballot paper and two envelopes bearing the words “Election of the judges of the commercial court. – Postal vote”, “Jurisdiction:” and “Surname, first names and signature of the voter:”. One of the two envelopes shall also be marked…

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