Judicial

#2008-930Decree on the Special Status of Military Justice Clerks

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

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This French decree outlines the roles and organizational structure of career clerks in military justice. It defines responsibilities, hierarchies, and pathways for career advancement for military justice officers and clerks. The decree specifies how these roles operate within military jurisdictions and during wartime, setting age and service requirements for recruitment and promotion.

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Key Changes

  • Establishes the roles and responsibilities of military justice clerks
  • Defines grades and promotion criteria for military justice officers
  • Details recruitment and career advancement processes

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Military justice clerks (officiers greffiers and commis greffiers) must assist judges in judicial acts and authenticate legal documents within military jurisdictions and specialized military courts, as defined by the military justice code.

Military justice clerks in France
operational
high

During wartime, military justice clerks (officiers greffiers) must manage administrative operations of military jurisdictions under the authority of Government commissioners.

Military justice clerks (officiers greffiers)
operational
high

Candidates for recruitment as officier greffier de 2e classe must be first-class clerk candidates (commis greffiers de 1re classe) with at least 9 years of military service as of January 1st of the nomination year, aged 36-47 years old, and cannot apply more than 3 times.

Military justice recruitment commission
licensing
high

Candidates for recruitment as officier greffier principal must have at least 12 years of military service as of January 1st of nomination year, be aged 44 years or younger, and hold a general or technological university degree or equivalent qualification at level II or higher per Defense Ministry list.

Military justice recruitment commission
licensing
medium

Annual recruitment of officier greffier principal must not exceed 10% (rounded up) of recruitments made under Article 3 during the preceding 5 years.

Defense Ministry, Military justice service
operational

Affected Parties

Military justice clerksMilitary justice officers

Tags

military,justice,career advancement