Subsection 1: General provisions

For the assessment of the condition of territorial presence provided for in article L. 4031-2, account is taken of the number of members up to date with their subscriptions according to the methods adopted for the application of 3° of article R. 162-54-1 of the Social Security Code. Trade union organisations wishing to present lists of candidates for the forthcoming elections must send documents proving their territorial presence and their…

In the event of the annulment of the election of all the members of the assembly of a union or of all the members of a college, new elections for the union or college concerned must be organised within four months of the date on which the decision pronouncing the annulment became final. In the case referred to in the third paragraph of article R. 4031-15, new elections for the…

I. – Voting shall take place electronically. To this end, an automated personal data processing system shall be set up under the responsibility of the Minister for Health. This automated processing guarantees the separation, in separate files, of data relating to voters, on the one hand, and votes, on the other. The rights of access and rectification provided for in articles 49 and 50 of law no. 78-17 of 6…

Elections are held by regional union and, in the case of the regional union for doctors, by college.

The elections are organised by profession by a national committee based at the Ministry of Health, which provides the secretariat. This committee comprises : 1° A representative of the Minister for Health, who is the chairman ; 2° Three representatives of each candidate trade union organisation or their alternates. The list of full and alternate members is published by order of the Minister for Health.

The National Commission shall take all measures necessary for the organisation of the electoral operations, and in particular shall: 1° Draw up the electoral lists and rule on any complaints relating thereto; 2° Receives and registers candidatures; 3° Controls electoral propaganda; 4° Distribute the documents required for the electoral campaign and voting operations. It sets up an electoral monitoring committee in each region, in which each of the candidate trade…

The costs incurred by the elections, including those related to the technical services provided for this purpose by the State on their behalf, are borne by the unions according to a breakdown defined by order of the Minister responsible for health. Expenses relating to technical services provided by the State are deducted from the sums mentioned in b of 1° of article R. 4031-45 and paid back to the State.