You are entitled to adoption leave if one or more children are entrusted to you for adoption by one of the following authorities:

• Departmental Child Welfare Service (Ase)
• French Adoption Agency (Afa)
• French Organization Authorized for Adoption (OAA)
• Competent foreign authority (provided the child has been authorized to enter France).

Adoption leave may be granted to either adoptive parent.

If the other adoptive parent is also an employee or a contract parent, the leave may be shared among you.

You can benefit from adoption leave whether you are a probationary or tenured public servant.

You can take adoption leave if you are in position of employment or secondment.

The length of the adoption leave varies depending on the number of adopted children, the number of children you already have dependent on, and whether the leave is divided between the two parents.

You must submit your request for adoption leave by mail to your head of department.

You must enter the child's arrival date and your planned leave dates.

You cannot be denied this leave.

Attach the following documents to your application:

• Any document certifying that a child is entrusted to you for adoption by a departmental child welfare service (Ase), the French Agency for Adoption or any other body authorized for adoption and specifying the date of arrival
• Declaration of your spouse adopting attesting that he does not have adoption leave for that child or that you share the adoption leave with you.

There is no text setting out the time limit within which you must first submit your application.

During your adoption leave, you continue to receive your entire index treatment.

You continue to collect in full the residence allowance and the new index enhancement (NBI) if you are receiving these compensation supplements.

If you already touch the family treatment supplement (FTS), it also continues to be paid in full to you during your leave.

The SFT for the new child is paid to you from 1^er day of the month following the month of arrival.

You continue to receive your full premiums and allowances.

Adoption leave shall be considered as a period of activity for advancement in step and grade and retirement.

Adoption leave does not affect your entitlement to other leave (annual leave, sick leave, etc.).

You retain your vested rights before the start of your leave, which you were unable to exercise because of your leave. This includes the right to annual assessment and annual interview and the right to training.

If you work part-time, you are automatically reinstated full-time during your adoption leave.

At the end of your leave, you are reassigned to your position.

If this is not possible, you are assigned to an equivalent job, closest to your last place of work.

You can apply to be posted to a job closer to home, if the transfer priorities granted to certain officials so allow.