Article L819 of the French Public Health Code

A member of staff who is promoted within his own institution or after appointment to another institution shall be classified in his new grade at the step carrying a salary equal to or, failing that, immediately higher than that which he received in his former grade, the benefit of seniority acquired in the former step being maintained only in the event of reclassification at equal salary.

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Article L819

L’agent bénéficiant d’un avancement de grade dans son établissement ou après nomination dans un autre établissement est classé dans son nouveau grade à l’échelon comportant un traitement égal ou, à défaut, immédiatement supérieur à celui dont il bénéficiait dans son ancien grade, le bénéfice de l’ancienneté acquise dans l’ancien échelon n’étant maintenu qu’au cas de reclassement à traitement égal.