The provisions of Article R. 2123-3 are applicable, where they do not benefit from more favourable provisions, to civil servants governed by Titles I to IV of the general civil service regulations and to contractual employees of the State, local authorities and their public administrative establishments who hold elective public office.
These provisions are also applicable to serving military personnel who hold elective public office, subject to the requirements linked to the preparation and conduct of operations and the proper execution of the missions of the armed forces and attached formations; the elected military personnel shall inform their hierarchical authority in writing at least seven days before their absence, specifying the date and duration of the planned absence.