Civil & Administrative

#2019-491Decree on the Third Access Competition to Category C Public Servant Positions

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

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🇬🇧 English

This decree establishes a third way to access certain public servant positions in France, specifically category C positions, by introducing a new competition. It affects candidates with at least two years of relevant experience. The number of positions available in this pathway is limited to ensure fair distribution across different recruitment methods. The decree also specifies the requirements like driving licenses for certain technical roles.

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Key Changes

  • Introduction of a third competition for category C public servant positions
  • Conditionality based on relevant experience for competition eligibility
  • Specification of required licenses for certain technical roles

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Candidates must have exercised relevant activities or mandates for at least two years as of January 1st of the year the third competition is organized to be eligible for the third competition pathway for Category C positions (C2 salary scale).

Candidates for Category C public servant positions via third competition
operational
high

Recruitment authorities must ensure external and internal competitions each receive between one-third and two-thirds of total available positions, and third competitions receive no more than one-quarter of total positions.

French public administration recruitment authorities
operational
medium

When unfilled positions from one competition pathway exist, they can be redistributed to other competitions, provided external or internal competition positions do not exceed two-thirds of total, and third competition positions do not exceed 30% of total positions.

French public administration recruitment authorities
operational
high

Candidates recruited through the third competition for motor vehicle driving specialties must possess valid driving licenses: permits A and B for C1 salary scale positions, or permits C, D, BE, CE, and DE for C2 salary scale positions.

Candidates for technical public servant positions in motor vehicle driving specialties
licensing
high

Candidates must demonstrate at least two years of relevant professional experience or mandates as of January 1st of the year the third competition is organized to be eligible

Candidates applying for category C public servant positions via third competition pathway
licensing

Affected Parties

Candidates with relevant work experienceGovernment recruitment agencies

Tags

public service,employment,France