#2026-344France updates retirement rules for certain social insured groups
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This decree updates retirement transition rules for certain insured workers, mainly public-sector employees in active or especially demanding roles and state industrial workers. It aligns earlier retirement conditions, required contribution periods, and age thresholds with the 2026 social security financing law. In practice, affected people will need to check their birth date, job category, and credited contribution quarters against the new schedules. The changes apply to pensions starting from 1 September 2026.
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Key Changes
- Updates retirement age and contribution schedules for certain public-sector and state industrial workers
- Sets phased contribution requirements up to 172 quarters for later birth cohorts
- Applies the revised rules to pensions starting on or after 1 September 2026
Obligations
What this law requires
Apply the revised retirement age, insurance-duration, and coefficient-majoration schedules introduced by Decree No. 2026-344 to pensions that take effect on or after 1 September 2026.
For active-category public officials and state industrial workers in qualifying unhealthy, risky, or active-category jobs, determine the age from which the coefficient de majoration applies using the birth-date schedule set out in Article 3(D)(2), ranging from 62 years and 3 months to 64 years.
For officials and agents with qualifying super-active service, determine the age from which the coefficient de majoration applies using the birth-date schedule set out in Article 3(D)(3), ranging from 62 years and 3 months to 64 years.
For insured persons born before 1 January 1973, calculate the required contributory insurance duration under Article R. 37 bis and related pension provisions according to the new schedule: 167 quarters for births 1958-1960, 168 for 1961-1963, 169 for 1964-1966, 170 for 1967-1969, and 171 for 1970-1972.
For active-category workers, apply the revised minimum retirement-age schedule in Article 3(G)(1), ranging from 57 years and 3 months for those born between 1 September and 31 December 1966 to 59 years for those born from 1 January 1974 onward.