What are the voting rules for a general meeting of co-ownership?
Verified 06 May 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
The voting rules in general meetings of co-ownership vary according to the nature of the issues on the agenda. Each co-owner participates in the votes according to his rights in the co-ownership. The number of votes available to each co-owner is co-payment in the common areas, expressed in tenths. The various applicable majorities are calculated from the total number of votes composing the syndicate of co-owners. We present you the majorities to know according to the subject of the resolution.
Voting rules vary depending on the nature of the resolution being voted on.
Decisions | Voting Rule |
|---|---|
Designation or revocation of syndic of condominium and members of the union councill | Article 25 absolute majority |
Constitution of a secondary union | Article 25 absolute majority |
Delegation of power to the president of the trade union council to bring legal action against the trustee for damages suffered by the syndicate of co-owners | Article 25 absolute majority |
Any delegation of power given to the trustee, the union council or any other person to take an act or decision referred to in section 24 (simple majority) | Article 25 absolute majority |
The absolute majority (said majority of article 25 of law no. 65-557 of 10 july 1965) corresponds to the majority of the votes of all the co-owners of the building (present, represented and absent).
If the decision has received at least ⅓ votes, it may be the subject of a 2nd vote by simple majority of article 24 (majority of the votes of the co-owners present, represented or having voted by correspondence).
Voting rules vary depending on the nature of the resolution being voted on.
Decisions | Voting Rule | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|
Adaptation of the condominium rules necessitated by legislative and regulatory changes since its establishment | Article 24 simple majority | |
Amendment or establishment of the condominium by-law when it concerns the enjoyment, use and administration of common areas | Double majority of Article 26 | Unanimity is required when it does not concern the enjoyment, use and administration of the common areas (for example, in the event of a change of destination of the building) |
The simple majority (said majority of article 24) corresponds to the majority of the votes cast by the co-owners present or represented as well as those who voted by post. Abstentionists (those who did not vote) are therefore not taken into account.
The double majority (said majority of article 26) corresponds to the majority of the co-owners of the building representing at least 2/3 of the votes of the co-owners.
Example :
In a condominium of 10 co-owners (representing a total of 1000 thousandths), a decision is adopted if 6 co-owners holding 700 thousandths, i.e. more than 2/3 of all tenths (2/3 of 1000 = 667), validate this decision.
If this majority is difficult to obtain, it is possible to make a 2nd simpler majority voting. That's what we call the double majority. So that this 2nd If a vote is possible, the resolution must have the approval of half of the co-owners representing at least ⅓ of the votes of all the co-owners. The same assembly will then be able to vote on the resolution by a majority of the votes of all the co-owners, i.e. by a majority of Article 25 (easier to obtain).
Voting rules vary depending on the nature of the resolution being voted on.
Decisions | Voting Rule | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|
Change in burden sharing (general case) | Unanimity | However, where works or acts ofacquisition or provision are decided by the general meeting acting by the majority required by law, the modification of the distribution of the expenses thus made necessary is voted by the same majority as that which allowed to adopt the works |
Change in burden sharing necessitated by a change in the use of one or more units | Article 25 absolute majority | |
Request for individualization of water supply contracts and carrying out the studies and works necessary for this individualization | Article 25 absolute majority | |
Deletion of the post of concierge or daycaren and alienation of the lodge when it belongs to the syndicate of co-owners | Double majority, Article 26 | Unanimity is required if the condominium by-law provides that the cancelation of the concierge service affects the purpose of the immovable or the terms of enjoyment of the units |
The absolute majority (said majority of article 25 of law no. 65-557 of 10 july 1965) corresponds to the majority of the votes of all the co-owners of the building (present, represented and absent).
If the decision has received at least ⅓ votes, it may be the subject of a 2nd vote by simple majority of article 24 (majority of the votes of the co-owners present, represented or having voted by correspondence).
The double majority (said majority of article 26) corresponds to the majority of the co-owners of the building representing at least 2/3 of the votes of the co-owners.
Example :
In a condominium of 10 co-owners (representing a total of 1000 thousandths), a decision is adopted if 6 co-owners holding 700 thousandths, i.e. more than 2/3 of all tenths (2/3 of 1000 = 667), validate this decision.
If this majority is difficult to obtain, it is possible to make a 2nd simpler majority voting. That's what we call the double majority. So that this 2nd If a vote is possible, the resolution must have the approval of half of the co-owners representing at least ⅓ of the votes of all the co-owners. The same assembly will then be able to vote on the resolution by a majority of the votes of all the co-owners, i.e. by a majority of Article 25 (easier to obtain).
Voting rules vary depending on the nature of the resolution being voted on.
Decisions | Voting Rule | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|
Work necessary for the conservation the health and safety of its occupants, including work relating to the stability of the building, the enclosure, the canopy or the networks, and work to ensure that the dwellings comply with the standards of health, safety and equipment | Article 24 simple majority | |
Work to transform, improve or create/add an item of equipment | Article 25 absolute majority | |
Decision to engage the overall technical diagnosis of the building and its embodiment | Article 24 simple majority | |
Method of drawing up the draft multi-annual work plan (MWP) | Article 24 simple majority | The adoption of all or part of the draft TPP must be voted on by an absolute majority of thearticle 25 |
Decision to increase the amount of the annual contribution to the work fund in the absence of a multi-annual work plan | Article 25 absolute majority | |
Decision to equip private secure access parking spaces with charging stations for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles and carrying out a study on the suitability of existing electrical installations for charging equipment and, if necessary, work to be carried out for this purpose | Article 24 simple majority | |
Works for accessibility to persons with disabilities or reduced mobility provided that they do not affect the structure of the building or its essential equipment | Article 24 simple majority | The so-called absolute majority ofarticle 25 is required if the work affects the structure of the building or its essential equipment |
Authorization given to one or more co-owners to carry out at their own expense the work allowing the secure parking of bicycles in the common areas on condition that this work does not affect the structure of the building, its destination or its essential equipment elements and that it does not jeopardize the safety of the occupants | Article 24 simple majority | |
Removal of garbage for hygiene reasons | Article 24 simple majority | |
Installation of thermal energy meters or heat cost allocators | Article 25 absolute majority | |
Installation of divisional cold water meters | Article 25 absolute majority | |
Work to equip the building with aindividualization of heating costsand presentation of the estimates prepared for this purpose | Article 24 simple majority | |
Energy saving or greenhouse gas emission reduction works (whether or not including community-based work carried out on units) | Article 25 absolute majority | Where the draft resolution has not received at least 1/3 of the votes of all the co-owners, a new general meeting, if convened within 3 months on an identical draft, may decide by the majority referred to in Article 24 |
Method of carrying out and carrying out works made mandatory by a legislative or regulatory provision or an administrative police order relating to public safety or health | Article 24 simple majority | |
Method of carrying out and carrying out the notified works in the event of restoration of immovable property, in particular the possibility for the syndicate of co-owners to ensure the project management of the works relating to the private parts of all or part of the co-owners and which are then carried out at the expense of the co-owner of the lot concerned | Article 24 simple majority | |
Installation of a radio station for the deployment of the radio network open to the public or installation or modification of a collective antenna or of an electronic communications network internal to the building if they relate to common areas | Article 25 absolute majority | |
Installation or modification of indoor or outdoor electrical installations for powering private secure access parking spaces for charging electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles, and construction of electrical charging installations for individual counting for these same vehicles | Article 25 absolute majority |
The simple majority (said majority of article 24) corresponds to the majority of the votes cast by the co-owners present or represented as well as those who voted by post. Abstentionists (those who did not vote) are therefore not taken into account.
The absolute majority (said majority of article 25 of law no. 65-557 of 10 july 1965) corresponds to the majority of the votes of all the co-owners of the building (present, represented and absent).
If the decision has received at least ⅓ votes, it may be the subject of a 2nd vote by simple majority of article 24 (majority of the votes of the co-owners present, represented or having voted by correspondence).
Voting rules vary depending on the nature of the resolution being voted on.
Decisions | Voting Rule |
|---|---|
Permanent permission granted to the municipal police to enter the common areas | Article 24 simple majority |
Mode of opening the access doors of the building | Article 25 absolute majority |
Authorization to transmit to the law enforcement services the images made for the protection of the common areas | Article 25 absolute majority |
The simple majority (said majority of article 24) corresponds to the majority of the votes cast by the co-owners present or represented as well as those who voted by post. Abstentionists (those who did not vote) are therefore not taken into account.
The absolute majority (said majority of article 25 of law no. 65-557 of 10 july 1965) corresponds to the majority of the votes of all the co-owners of the building (present, represented and absent).
If the decision has received at least ⅓ votes, it may be the subject of a 2nd vote by simple majority of article 24 (majority of the votes of the co-owners present, represented or having voted by correspondence).
Voting rules vary depending on the nature of the resolution being voted on.
Decisions | Voting Rule |
|---|---|
Conditions under which acts of disposition are carried out on the common parts or on rights ancillary to those parts, where those acts result from legal or regulatory obligations such as those relating to the establishment of common prices, other easements or transfer of citizenship rights | Article 25 absolute majority |
Deed of real estate acquisition and act of disposition | Double majority of Article 26 |
Alienation of common areas where conservation is necessary to comply with destination of the building | Unanimity (voice of all co-owners) |
The absolute majority (said majority of article 25 of law no. 65-557 of 10 july 1965) corresponds to the majority of the votes of all the co-owners of the building (present, represented and absent).
If the decision has received at least ⅓ votes, it may be the subject of a 2nd vote by simple majority of article 24 (majority of the votes of the co-owners present, represented or having voted by correspondence).
The double majority (said majority of article 26) corresponds to the majority of the co-owners of the building representing at least 2/3 of the votes of the co-owners.
Example :
In a condominium of 10 co-owners (representing a total of 1000 thousandths), a decision is adopted if 6 co-owners holding 700 thousandths, i.e. more than 2/3 of all tenths (2/3 of 1000 = 667), validate this decision.
If this majority is difficult to obtain, it is possible to make a 2nd simpler majority voting. That's what we call the double majority. So that this 2nd If a vote is possible, the resolution must have the approval of half of the co-owners representing at least ⅓ of the votes of all the co-owners. The same assembly will then be able to vote on the resolution by a majority of the votes of all the co-owners, i.e. by a majority of Article 25 (easier to obtain).
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