#TRSS2608645ADecree of 26 March 2026 approving amendments to the statutes of the National Fund of the French Bars (CNBF)
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This decree approves the complete replacement of the statutes of the Caisse nationale des barreaux français (CNBF), the mandatory social security body managing old-age pension, supplementary pension, invalidity-death insurance and social-health actions for all French lawyers. The new statutes detail governance including delegate allocation across courts of appeal (with Paris Bar receiving 48 delegates), creation and powers of mandatory commissions (pilotage, financial placements, control, ethics, elections, statutes), financial management rules requiring two-thirds majority for financial assets, rules on property purchases, operating cost allocation, treasury management (minimum three months of benefits in cash), and detailed contribution collection procedures including CARPA contributions for the invalidity-death regime. The text also covers late payment penalties (5% then 0.6% per quarter), payment methods, exemption procedures, and commission operating rules.
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Key Changes
- Paris Bar receives 48 delegates while other courts of appeal receive between 1 and 10 delegates each
- Two-thirds majority of board members required for all financial asset management decisions
- Treasury must maintain minimum of three months of benefits plus short-term liabilities for each regime
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Obligations
What this law requires
CNBF must maintain a minimum cash treasury equal to at least three months of benefits for each of the four mandatory regimes managed, with excess amounts integrated into reserves as investment assets.
Financial asset management decisions by the Board of Directors require a two-thirds majority of members present.
CNBF must collect CARPA invalidité-décès contributions in four quarterly installments, due by the 15th of the last month of each calendar quarter, with regularization calculated within three months of the following year.
Proportional contributions and provisional contributions are due half by April 30th, with the balance and prior year regularization due by October 30th.
Operating costs of CNBF must be advanced by the basic retirement regime throughout the calendar year, then allocated at year-end across the four managed accounts in proportion to their respective technical and financial income.