#2026-380France Updates Allowance Rates for Local Elected Officials
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This decree updates the rules used to calculate function allowances for presidents and vice-presidents of several types of inter-municipal bodies in France, including communities of communes, urban communities, and agglomeration communities. The practical effect is budgetary and administrative: local authorities must apply the new percentage scales based on population size when setting or checking allowances for these elected roles.
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Key Changes
- Updates a cross-reference in the General Code of Local Authorities.
- Sets new population-based percentage scales for allowances of presidents of communities of communes.
- Sets maximum allowance scales for vice-presidents and updates similar scales for urban and agglomeration communities.
Obligations
What this law requires
Communautés de communes must calculate the function allowance for presidents of deliberative bodies by applying the new population-based percentage scale to the reference term under Article L. 5211-12: 12.75% for under 500 inhabitants, 23.25% for 500-999, 32.25% for 1,000-3,499, 41.25% for 3,500-9,999, 48.75% for 10,000-19,999, 67.50% for 20,000-49,999, 82.49% for 50,000-99,999, and 108.75% for over 100,000.
Communautés de communes must determine the maximum voted allowance for vice-presidents exercising their functions effectively by applying the new population-based percentage scale to the reference term under Article L. 5211-12: 4.95% for under 500 inhabitants, 6.19% for 500-999, 12.37% for 1,000-3,499, 16.50% for 3,500-9,999, 20.63% for 10,000-19,999, 24.73% for 20,000-49,999, 33.00% for 50,000-99,999, 49.50% for 100,000-199,999, and 54.37% for over 200,000.
Communautés urbaines must calculate the function allowance for presidents of deliberative bodies by applying the new population-based percentage scale to the reference term under Article L. 5211-12: 90% for 20,000-49,000 inhabitants, 110% for 50,000-99,999, and 145% for over 100,000.
Communautés urbaines must determine the maximum voted allowance for vice-presidents exercising their functions effectively by applying the new population-based percentage scale to the reference term under Article L. 5211-12: 33% for 20,000-49,000 inhabitants, 44% for 50,000-99,999, 66% for 100,000-199,999, and 72.50% for over 200,000.
Authorities applying Article R. 1111-1-A of the Code général des collectivités territoriales must use the reference to Article L. 1111-14 instead of the former reference to Article L. 1111-1-1.