Among the many provisions of the law on research programming (LPR), article 14 aims to specify, frame and harmonise the legal framework for emeritus status, allowing retired researchers and teacher-researchers to continue their work. Two implementing decrees specify the duration of emeritus status and the rights attached to this title: one concerns research directors, the other university professors and lecturers.
They provide two clarifications in relation to the provisions on emeritus already provided for by the law. The first stipulates that professors and research directors whose work has been awarded a major scientific prize are emeritus “by right” as soon as they are admitted to retirement.
The second clarifies the duration and conditions of renewal of emeritus status. Set for a maximum of five years, at the discretion of the institution, emeritus status may be renewed twice: renewals must be made “for a duration that may not exceed the initial duration”. These renewals must be made “for a period which may not exceed the initial period”. They must be the subject of a “volunteer collaborator agreement”, which also provides for “the terms and conditions of its termination”.