Article A713-9 of the French Commercial code
I.-Where the 3rd paragraph of Article R. 713-21 is applied, the candidates or their proxies shall submit, no later than twenty-one days before the last day of the ballot, to the secretariat of the election organisation committee, a number of circulars equal to the number of registered voters in the category or, where applicable, sub-category, plus 5% in order to enclose them with the voting instruments sent to the voters….