#2012-229Decree No. 2012-229 of February 16, 2012, on the Special Status of Technicians in Cultural Services and Buildings of France
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This law establishes new classifications and recruitment criteria for technicians in the French cultural services and national buildings sector. It outlines three grades of technicians—normal, superior, and exceptional—and specifies the roles and responsibilities associated with each grade. Officials are recruited through a mix of external competitions, internal promotions, and other administrative procedures, and the law affects how these technicians support the preservation and maintenance of cultural heritage across France.
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Key Changes
- Establishment of three technician grades within cultural services and national buildings: normal, superior, and exceptional.
- Recruitment methods include external competitions, internal promotions, and stringent qualification criteria.
- Technicians play a significant role in heritage preservation and compliance with cultural protection laws.
Obligations
What this law requires
The Ministry responsible for culture must recruit, appoint, and manage technicians in cultural services and buildings across three grades: normal class, superior class, and exceptional class.
Technicians must be assigned to duties according to their specialty in either central administration, deconcentrated services, or public state establishments, and must support heritage preservation, protection, and safeguarding under the authority of their service chief.
External competition recruitment for normal class technicians must be open to candidates holding a baccalaureate or equivalent level IV diploma/qualification.
Internal competition recruitment for normal class technicians must be open to public servants with at least four years of public service as of January 1st of the recruitment year.
Promotion from internal lists for normal class technicians must be limited to category C civil servants with at least nine years of public service, subject to administrative parity commission review.