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The Minister of Interior, Homeland Security and Local Freedoms and the Minister of Public Service, State Reform and Land Management,
In light of amended Act No. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants, together with amended Act No. 84-16 of 11 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the public service of the State;
Having regard to amended Decree No. 94-1016 of 18 November 1994, setting out the common statutory provisions applicable to various bodies of category B officials;
Having regard to amended Decree No. 94-1017 of 18 November 1994, setting out the common statutory provisions applicable to the bodies of the administrative secretaries of State administrations and to certain similar bodies;
Considering the advice of the Central Joint Technical Committee on Prefectures dated 4 July 2003;
On the proposal of the Director General of Administration to the Ministry of Interior, Internal Security and Local Freedoms,
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The professional competition provided for in Article 11 of Decree No. 94-1017 of 18 November 1994 referred to above for access to the rank of administrative secretary of the exceptional class of prefecture includes the tests defined below:
I. - A written proof of eligibility
Drafting a note or report that may include proposals, using elements of an administrative record (duration: four hours); coefficient 1).
II. - Oral admission test
Conversation with the jury to assess the candidate's professional knowledge, adaptive skills and coaching skills and:
- on the functions of the candidate since his appointment as Administrative Secretary;
- on its administrative culture (duration: 30 minutes); coefficient 1).
Each of the tests is assigned a rating ranging from 0 to 20.
At the end of the written test, the jury alphabetically establishes the list of candidates authorized to take part in the oral test. No person may be declared eligible or admitted if he has not participated in all the tests and obtained a rating greater than 5 out of 20.
At the end of the oral test, the jury determines in order the list of candidates definitively admitted.
If several candidates obtained the same number of points, priority is given to the one who obtained the highest rating in the written eligibility test.
The jury, appointed by order of the Minister of the Interior, Internal Security and Local Freedoms, includes six members:
- a prefect, president;
- a civil administrator;
- a member of the general inspection of the administration;
- a magistrate of the administrative tribunals and administrative courts of appeal;
- a member of the prefectural body;
- an agent of the National Class A Prefecture Framework.
The jury may be supplemented by one or more correctors selected from category A officials of the national prefecture framework.
The list of examination centres, the deadlines for the withdrawal and filing of applications and the date of the examinations are set by order of the Minister of Interior, Internal Security and Local Freedoms.
The list of candidates authorized to participate in the trials is decided by the Minister of Interior, Homeland Security and Local Freedoms.
The provisions of this Order shall enter into force for professional competitions held from the 2004 session.
The order of January 14, 1997 setting out the terms and conditions of organization and the tests of the professional competition for access to the rank of exceptional prefecture administrative secretary is repealed.
The Director General of Administration at the Ministry of Interior, Internal Security and Local Freedoms is responsible for the execution of this Order, which will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
Done in Paris, August 8, 2003.
The Minister of the Interior,
of Internal Security
and local freedoms,
For the Minister and by delegation:
The Director of Personnel,
training and social action,
P. Peny
The Minister of Public Service,
of State Reform
and landscaping,
For the Minister and by delegation:
By preventing the Director General
Administration and Public Service:
The civil administrator,
P. Coural
