#GCLH2617346AGender Representation Rules for 2026 Consultative Elections at the Grand Chancellery of the Legion of Honour
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This order sets the required share of women and men on candidate lists for direct elections to consultative bodies within the Grand Chancellery of the Legion of Honour in 2026. Lists must reflect the gender balance of the relevant body, based on staff numbers used for each instance. In practice, trade unions preparing candidate lists must match the stated proportions as closely as possible. The main administrative social committee is counted as 69.73% women and 30.27% men, while the consultative parity commission is counted as 78.23% women and 21.77% men. One small education staff commission is listed as 100% women.
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Key Changes
- Sets gender-balance percentages for candidate lists in 2026 direct elections at the Grand Chancellery of the Legion of Honour
- Requires candidate lists to reflect the female and male shares of each relevant consultative body
- Allows unions to round up or down when the percentage calculation does not produce a whole number of candidates
Obligations
What this law requires
For direct list elections to consultative bodies of the Grand Chancellery of the Legion of Honour, each candidate list must include women and men in numbers corresponding to their respective share within the relevant body, calculated across all candidates on the list.
When applying the required women/men proportions does not produce a whole number of candidates for each sex, the trade union may round either down or up to the nearest whole number.
For candidate lists for the administrative social committee of the Grand Chancellery of the Legion of Honour, the list composition must reflect the reference gender shares of 69.73% women and 30.27% men.
For candidate lists for the administrative parity commission for the body of education officers of the education houses, the list composition must reflect the reference gender shares of 100% women and 0% men.
For candidate lists for the consultative parity commission of the Grand Chancellery of the Legion of Honour, the list composition must reflect the reference gender shares of 78.23% women and 21.77% men.