#2026-330Rules on elections and operation of joint staff committees in public higher education institutions
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This decree updates how staff representative elections work in French public higher education institutions. It removes some staff categories from the list used for these committees, extends several deadlines, and gives institutions more flexibility on how election notices and voting are handled when electronic voting is used. For the next general round of public-sector representative elections, voting must be done online by internet. If a new committee is created or renewed mid-cycle, the school can choose electronic voting or paper ballot voting, with postal voting also allowed in that case. The decree also confirms reimbursement of travel and stay costs for eligible participants under the normal civil service rules.
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Key Changes
- Removes several staff categories from the list used for these joint committees, including laboratory, service, documentation, and storage staff.
- Extends certain procedural deadlines from three clear days to eight clear days.
- Makes online voting mandatory for the next general renewal, while allowing a choice between online voting and paper ballot voting for mid-cycle creation or renewal.
Obligations
What this law requires
For the next general renewal of public-sector representative bodies, electoral operations must be conducted exclusively by internet-based electronic voting, subject to the specified exceptions in the decree and the civil service code.
When a commission paritaire d'établissement is created or renewed mid-cycle, the institution must use either electronic voting or, by decision of the head of establishment after consulting the establishment's social administration committee, in-person ballot voting; in that latter case, postal voting is also permitted.
If in-person voting is used for a mid-cycle commission election, the administration must prepare ballots and envelopes at its own expense according to the standard model provided by the administration.
The administration must provide ballots, envelopes, and candidate statements to each voting section in at least the same number as the registered electors assigned to that section, and transmit them to eligible voters through administrative channels.
Election operations must be conducted publicly in the workplace premises and during working hours, and voting must take place by secret ballot under envelope when in-person voting is used.