#2026-395Recovery of contractual rebates for reimbursed medicines and medical devices
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This decree sets the payment and collection process for contractual rebates owed by companies on reimbursed medicines, medical devices, and related services in France. Companies will make quarterly provisional payments, with deadlines on 1 March, 1 June, 1 September, and 1 December, followed by a later annual adjustment. If the final adjustment shows that too much was paid, the excess is offset against later provisional payments and any remaining balance is refunded. The decree also reorganizes related Social Security Code provisions and clarifies that designated social security bodies collect these amounts for the Economic Committee for Health Products and for the health insurance branch.
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Key Changes
- Sets quarterly deadlines for provisional rebate payments by companies: 1 March, 1 June, 1 September, and 1 December.
- Creates an annual adjustment process, including offset or refund rules when companies have overpaid.
- Reorganizes Social Security Code provisions and assigns collection to designated social security bodies for the CEPS and the health insurance branch.
Obligations
What this law requires
Companies owing contractual rebates under Social Security Code articles L. 162-18 or L. 165-4 must make quarterly provisional rebate payments when called annually by the designated collecting social security bodies.
Companies owing contractual rebates must pay any amount due after the annual adjustment when called by the same designated collecting bodies.
Where the annual adjustment shows an overpayment, the designated collecting bodies must offset the excess against subsequent provisional payments and refund any remaining balance afterward.