- The President of the Republic (Jacques Chirac)
- The Prime Minister (Jean-Pierre Raffarin)
- The President of the Senate (Christian Poncelet)
- The President of the National Assembly (Raymond Forni)
- The former President of the Republic in the order of precedence determined according to the date of their assumption of duties (Valéry Giscard d'Estaing)
- The Government (Ministers forming the Government) in the order of precedence decided by the President of the Republic
- The former Presidents of the Council and former Prime Ministers
- The President of the Constitutional Council
- The Vice President of the Conseil d'Etat
- The President of the Economic and Social Council
- The Members of the National Assembly
- The Senators
- The judicial authority represented by the first President of the Final Court of Appeal and the public prosecutor of that court
- The first President of the Revenue Court and the public prosecutor of that court