#JUST2610232SDelegation of Signature Within the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Justice
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This decision assigns signing authority to named officials within the French Ministry of Justice’s general secretariat. It covers human resources, finance, procurement, compliance, property management, logistics, regional delegations, travel expenses, accounting actions, and certain budget programs. Decrees are excluded.
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Key Changes
- Designates officials who may sign Ministry of Justice HR, finance, procurement, property, logistics, and regional administration documents
- Allows specified staff to carry out accounting and budget actions, including spending commitments, payment orders, service certification, revenue orders, and travel expense validation
- Sets limits by department, role, budget program, geography, and in some cases financial thresholds such as 300,000 euros and 50,000 euros
Obligations
What this law requires
Officials receiving delegation for the Secretariat General human resources service may sign, on behalf of the Minister of Justice, only acts, orders and decisions falling within their assigned HR sub-directorate, bureau, department or section; decrees are expressly excluded from their signing authority.
Officials receiving delegation for the finance, procurement and compliance service may sign, on behalf of the Minister of Justice, only acts, orders and decisions falling within their assigned budget, procurement, financial transformation, compliance or internal-control remit; decrees are expressly excluded from their signing authority.
Officials receiving delegation for the ministerial property service may sign, on behalf of the Minister of Justice, only acts, orders and decisions within their assigned ministerial real-estate function, bureau or mission; decrees are expressly excluded from their signing authority.
Officials receiving delegation for the proximity steering and support service may sign, on behalf of the Minister of Justice, only acts, orders and decisions within their assigned service, department or bureau remit; decrees are expressly excluded from their signing authority.
Pierre Chapon may sign only mission orders, purchase orders and expense statements prepared for travel by agents of the proximity steering and support service, the High Defence and Security Official department, the “Procédure pénale numérique” programme directorate, and the sustainable development, overseas and senior-management delegations.