Commercial use of the electoral rolls drawn up for the elections of members of chambers of commerce and industry is punishable by the fine laid down in article 131-13, 5° of the French Criminal Code for fifth-class offences.
Any elector may lodge a complaint with the electoral roll commission during the period of publicity of the electoral rolls provided for in article R. 713-2. Complaints shall be lodged with the commission’s secretariat. The electoral roll commission shall rule on complaints, no later than eight days after the electoral rolls have been made available to the public. The decisions of the electoral roll commission are communicated to the administrative…
The commission’s decisions may be contested under the conditions set out in IV of article L. 18, I of article L. 20, I and II of article R. 17 and articles R. 18 to R. 19-6 of the Electoral Code. The appeals provided for in IV of article L. 18 and the first paragraph of I of Article L. 20 of the Electoral Code shall be lodged within seven days…
For natural persons engaged in the commercial fishing activity provided for in Article L. 931-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, the two-year seniority period provided for in Article L. 713-4 begins to run from the date on which the person concerned operated their first vessel.
I.-Any elector who meets the conditions set out in Article L. 713-4 may stand as a candidate in his sub-category or, failing that, in his professional category. No person may be a candidate in more than one sub-category or category. II.-Candidates shall be nominated either for a term of office as a member of a regional chamber of commerce and industry that runs concurrently with a term of office as…
I.-Applications shall be declared in writing to the prefecture of the département in which the headquarters of the territorial chamber of commerce and industry is located. The département prefect shall send a copy of the applications to that chamber to the prefect of the region in which the headquarters of the regional chamber of commerce and industry is located. II.-.Declarations of candidacy are admissible from the day set by the…
Declarations of candidacy that meet the conditions provided for by Article L. 713-4 and by this sub-section shall be registered and shall give rise to the issue of a receipt. The prefect of the department in which the chamber has its seat shall ensure publication of the list of candidates by posting it at the registry of the court mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 713-2, in the…
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.
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…
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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