Section 1: General provisions relating to elections.

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Article D4233-5

French Public Health CodeIn force
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Updated 3 Nov 2023

I. - No later than two months before the date of the election, an electoral list shall be drawn up for each section of the Association, consisting of pharmacists who are duly entered on the roll and who are not subject to a decision prohibiting them from practising or from providing benefits to the insured persons, which has become final and is in the process of being enforced.

II. - This list of pharmacist voters entered on the roll of the Association concerned by the election may be consulted by any voter in accordance with the procedures laid down by the electoral regulations, as from the drawing up of the electoral list, for the duration of the election.

Within eight days of the list being made available for consultation, voters may submit complaints against entries or omissions to the president of the organising council. The president takes a decision within six days. His decisions are notified to the interested parties without delay by any means that enables the date of receipt to be determined.

III. - Within three days of the date of receipt of the notification, the decision of the president of the organising council may be appealed to the competent district court.

Appeals to the district court must be submitted in accordance with the procedure set out in the first paragraph of article R. 13 of the Electoral Code.

The court's decision is final, within ten days of the matter being referred to it, after giving three days' notice to all parties. The court's decision shall be notified by the registry within three days by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

The decision may not be contested.

An appeal may be lodged with the Court of Cassation within ten days of notification of the district court's decision. This appeal is subject to the conditions set out in articles R. 15-2 to R. 15-6 of the Electoral Code.

The procedure is free of charge.

IV. - The list is definitively closed no later than three days before the date of the ballot by the president of the organising council. Any changes made pursuant to this article shall be notified to the chairman of the council concerned.

Changes to the electoral roll made pursuant to this article may not result in a change in the number of seats to be filled.

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