#2026-389France creates investigation and high-technical-skill bonuses for certain national police staff
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France creates two monthly bonuses for selected national police staff working in investigation roles. The investigation bonus applies to active police personnel, forensic police staff, assistant police officers, and investigation assistants assigned to investigation units listed by the Interior Ministry. A second high-technical-skill bonus is available to eligible staff who hold a valid listed qualification or authorization and work in the specialized unit that matches it. The amounts will be fixed separately by the interior and budget ministers, and the new system starts on 1 June 2026.
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Key Changes
- Creates a monthly investigation bonus for selected national police staff assigned to listed investigation services
- Creates a monthly high-technical-skill bonus for eligible staff with valid specialized qualifications or authorizations
- Sets non-combination rules with certain existing police bonuses and starts the new scheme on 1 June 2026
Obligations
What this law requires
Award the monthly investigation bonus only to active police personnel, forensic police staff, assistant police officers, and investigation assistants who are assigned to investigation services listed by order of the Minister of the Interior.
Award the monthly high-technical-skill bonus only to investigation-bonus beneficiaries who hold at least one valid specific qualification or authorization listed by order of the Minister of the Interior and who work in the specialized service corresponding to that qualification or authorization.
Pay the investigation bonus and the high-technical-skill bonus monthly, using fixed-rate amounts defined by joint order of the Minister of the Interior and the minister responsible for the budget.
Do not combine the investigation bonus with the public-road-duty bonus established by the decree of 25 April 2024.
Do not combine the high-technical-skill bonus with the exclusive-mission allowance granted to active civil servants of the research and intervention brigade of the Paris police prefecture under the decree of 26 November 2004.