French Commercial code
In forceThe committee shall check that the number of envelopes used to send the votes corresponds to that shown on the summary statement referred to in Article
R. 713-50. If a discrepancy is noted, this is noted in the minutes initialled by each member of the committee.
The committee shall open the envelopes in which the votes were cast.
The chairman or a member of the committee appointed by him shall check that the vote cast corresponds to the category and sub-category and the jurisdiction of the court to which the elector belongs and, if this is not the case, shall remove that vote from the count.
The chairman or a member of the committee designated by him shall record the vote of each elector by affixing his signature, possibly with the assistance of electronic means, opposite the name of the elector, on the copy of the electoral roll which constitutes the list of votes, under conditions of security and authentication and in accordance with the procedures defined by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister responsible for overseeing the chambers of commerce and industry, issued after consultation with the National Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties.
A member of the commission then inserts each ballot envelope into the corresponding ballot box.
The votes are counted in the manner provided for in the second and third paragraphs of Article
L. 65of the Electoral Code and in accordance with the rules laid down in Article
L. 66of this code.
