#PRMJ2605456ADecree of 17 March 2026 amending the Decree of 8 November 2018 on the FranceConnect digital service
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This decree updates the legal framework of FranceConnect, France's official digital identity federation service managed by DINUM. The main purpose is to officially extend FranceConnect's scope so it can be used to identify and authenticate voters for internet-based electronic voting in professional elections within the French public sector. It also updates the agency's name from the former DINSIC to the current DINUM throughout the text, corrects article number references, and adds the relevant public authorities that organize these professional elections as authorized users of the service.
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Key Changes
- Adds new purpose 5° to Article 2 allowing FranceConnect to identify and authenticate voters for internet electronic voting in public sector professional elections
- Inserts new category of authorized users in Article 4: public authorities under articles L.3, L.4 and L.5 of the General Code of the Public Service that organize electronic professional elections
- Updates all references from former DINSIC to current DINUM throughout the decree
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Obligations
What this law requires
Update all references to 'DINSIC' to 'DINUM' throughout the FranceConnect service documentation and legal frameworks
Extend FranceConnect's scope to enable identification and authentication of voters for internet-based electronic voting in professional elections within the French public sector
Authorize administrative authorities mentioned in articles L.3, L.4, and L.5 of the general public service code to use FranceConnect for electronic voting by internet in professional elections
Correct article number references in the modified decree, replacing references to 'articles 39 and following' with 'articles 49 and following'
Remove references to 'système d'information et de communication de l'Etat' from the title and relevant articles of the decree