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The abolition of obsolete bodies

Supplementary dossier V, rationalization and budgetary rigor

📅 May 2026 📄 Download the dossier (PDF)
The abolition of obsolete bodies

Fifth dossier in the supplementary series on the structural reform of the French state. After the agencies to be kept and reformed (dossier II), merged (dossier III) and reintegrated into ministries (dossier IV), this dossier deals with the entities that should simply be abolished.

What this supplementary dossier V contains

This dossier deals with bodies that no longer have any functional justification or whose missions have been absorbed by other structures, and which can be abolished outright. The challenge is the rationalization of the administrative organization chart and budgetary rigor.

The dossier identifies about 350 bodies to be abolished, including 317 advisory bodies whose real activity is marginal or redundant with other structures. An in-depth analysis is carried out in 10 level 2-A sheets for the most emblematic cases. For each abolition, the dossier specifies the legal basis on which the body was created, the reasons for abolishing it, and the arrangements for transferring any residual missions.

Why this series of dossiers

After the complete 377-page public dossier sent to the Prime Minister and to the candidates in the 2027 presidential election, and the panoramic map of the 1,153 national public bodies listed within the studied scope of the state, this series of supplementary dossiers goes into operational detail: what should be kept and reformed, merged, reintegrated or abolished, and on what timetable.

The aim is to provide public decision-makers, journalists and citizens with a complete, sourced and costed body of work that makes it possible to move from diagnosis to action.

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The abolition of obsolete bodies (Cat D)

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