Section 2: Right to training

Members of a town council are entitled to training appropriate to their duties. Training is compulsorily organised during the first year of office for elected representatives who have received a delegation. Elected representatives who receive a delegation in the area of waste prevention and management or the circular economy or in the area of town planning, construction or housing are encouraged to attend training in this area. Within three months…

Members of the town council benefit each year from an individual right to training recorded in euros, which can be accumulated over the entire term of office up to a ceiling and the annual amount of which is set for a period of three years. It is financed by a compulsory contribution, the rate of which may not be less than 1%, deducted from the functional allowances received by council…

In addition to the leave of absence and credit for hours provided for in articles L. 2123-1, L. 2123-2 and L. 2123-4, members of the municipal council who are employees are entitled to training leave. This leave is set at eighteen days per elected member for the duration of their term of office, regardless of the number of mandates they hold. This leave is renewable in the event of re-election….

Travel, subsistence and teaching expenses are eligible for reimbursement. Losses of income suffered by the elected member as a result of exercising his right to training under this section are compensated by the municipality up to a limit of eighteen days per elected member for the duration of the term of office and one and a half times the hourly value of the minimum growth wage per hour. The provisional…

I. – The municipalities that are members of a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may decide to entrust the latter, under the conditions provided for by article L. 5211-17, with the implementation of the provisions relating to the training of elected representatives provided for in the last three paragraphs of article L. 2123-12. They take a decision within six months of the installation of the…

The provisions of articles L. 2123-12 to L. 2123-14 do not apply to study trips by municipal councils. The resolutions relating to these trips specify their purpose, which must be directly related to the interests of the municipality, and their estimated cost.

The provisions of this section only apply if the body providing the training has been approved by the Minister responsible for local and regional authorities under the conditions set out in article L. 1221-3.