Security & Defense

#2021-1001Decree Allowing the Minister of Defense to Delegate Certain Powers in Civil Personnel Management

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This law enables the French Minister of Defense to delegate aspects of civil personnel management to designated officials and institutions. The decree outlines specific powers that can be delegated and excludes certain administrative acts from delegation. The main aim is to decentralize decision-making while maintaining control over key personnel decisions.

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Key Changes

  • Allows delegation of civil personnel management powers from the Minister of Defense to specific authorities.
  • Certain key administrative acts are excluded from delegation.
  • Revokes previous decree allowing similar delegations.

Obligations

What this law requires

high

The Minister of Defense must issue a ministerial order (arrêté) that specifies the list of delegated acts, the conditions under which delegations are granted to the authorities listed in Article 1, and the conditions under which those authorities may delegate their signature to agents under their control.

Minister of Defense
operational
high

Decisions on opening recruitment competitions and other recruitment methods must not be delegated, except for recruitment in paramedical corps (concours, professional selections, and other recruitment modes for paramedical bodies).

Minister of Defense and delegated authorities
prohibition
high

Appointment of juries as provided by ministerial order must not be delegated, except for juries for recruitment competitions, professional selections, and other recruitment modes in paramedical corps.

Minister of Defense and delegated authorities
prohibition
medium

Attribution or refusal to attribute the gold medal for work honor (médaille d'honneur du travail échelon or) for all state civil servants must not be delegated.

Minister of Defense and delegated authorities
prohibition
medium

Attribution or refusal to attribute the gold medal for work honor must not be delegated for contractual agents and manual workers affiliated with the pension scheme established by the decree of October 5, 2004.

Minister of Defense and delegated authorities
prohibition

Affected Parties

French Ministry of DefenseOfficials and institutions involved in civil personnel management

Tags

civil_personnel,delegation_of_powers,defense_ministry