New taxProposedPublic service fees and dutiesNational

Enrolment fees for preparatory classes (€270) and higher technician sections (€178)

Annual enrolment fees would be created in CPGE (preparatory classes for the grandes écoles, €270) and STS (higher technician sections, €178), in public and State-contracted private institutions, indexed to inflation. Grant holders, wards of the Nation and of the Republic, refugees, beneficiaries of subsidiary protection and asylum seekers would be exempt. According to the explanatory memorandum, more than one in two STS students and one in four CPGE students would be exempt.

Measure originators

InitiatorEPR

Roland Lescure

Ensemble pour la République

InitiatorEPR

David Amiel

Ensemble pour la République

Amount

270 €/year

Impact on public finances

Would bring in 33.8 m €/yr2027 estimate · State

Source of the estimate: PLF 2027 – Évaluations préalables des articles du projet de loi, p. 538 (Official figure)

A positive amount is revenue or savings for public finances; a negative amount is a cost or lost revenue.

Effective date

1 January 2027

Measure impact

Net revenue of €33.8m per year (€17.6m from CPGE and €18.2m from STS, minus €2m in administrative costs).

Official references

Law number: PLF 2027 (AN n° 3210), art. 54

Sources

PLF 2027 - texte déposéOfficial

1 October 2026

PLF 2027 – Évaluations préalables des articles du projet de loiOfficial

1 October 2026

Amendement I-CF214 (commission des finances) – suppression de l'article 54Parliamentary

9 October 2026

Amendement I-CF1856 (commission des finances) – suppression de l'article 54Parliamentary

9 October 2026

Amendement I-CF26 (commission des finances) – suppression de l'article 54Parliamentary

9 October 2026

Procedure timeline

Follow the progress of this fiscal measure through the different stages of the parliamentary procedure.

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2 / 3 steps

Pending

20 October 2026

Debate and vote

Parliamentary process

Débat et vote en séance publique à l'Assemblée nationale, ou engagement de la responsabilité du Gouvernement (article 49.3)

Vote solennel prévu à l'Assemblée nationale sur la première partie du projet de loi

Source

Completed

7 October 2026

Committee examination

Parliamentary process

Amendements

Vote result

Rejected

Suppression de l’article votée en commission des finances par des amendements identiques de plusieurs groupes ; la séance publique repart du texte du Gouvernement

Source

Completed

1 October 2026

Council of Ministers

Internal validation

Validation interne

Présentation du PLF 2027 en Conseil des ministres et dépôt à l'Assemblée nationale

Source