Subsection 3: Insignia (R).

Mayors wear the tricolour scarf with gold fringed tassels in public ceremonies and whenever the performance of their duties may make this distinctive sign of their authority necessary. Deputies wear the tricolour scarf with silver fringed tassels when carrying out their duties as civil registrars and judicial police officers, and when replacing or representing the mayor pursuant to articles L. 2122-17 et L. 2122-18. Municipal councillors wear the tricolour scarf…

The official badge of mayors in the national colours conforms to the following model: “On a background of blue, white and red enamel bearing “MAYOR” on the white and “R.F.” on the blue; surrounded by two boughs Vert, olive to dexter and oak to sinister, all surmounting a lictor beam Argent ensigned by a cock’s head Or bearded and crested Gules. “

The wearing of the official mayors’ badge in the national colours, the use of which is optional, is reserved for mayors in the exercise of their duties and does not dispense with the wearing of the scarf when this is prescribed by the texts in force.