Employment & Labor

#2026-548Changes to France’s Adult Disability Allowance Rules

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This decree adjusts how certain income is treated when calculating France’s adult disability allowance, known as AAH. It extends existing income-assessment rules to function allowances paid to local elected officials, which matters for AAH recipients who also hold local elected office. It also simplifies the rules for reviewing AAH entitlement for people receiving guaranteed pay in supported work settings, by referring to the general calculation framework in the Social Security Code. The updated rules apply in stages from October to December 2026, depending on the month when the person’s AAH entitlement was opened.

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Key Changes

  • Extends AAH income-assessment rules to function allowances paid to local elected officials.
  • Replaces detailed income-review rules with a reference to the general Social Security Code framework.
  • Applies the updated rules in phases from October to December 2026 based on the beneficiary’s AAH opening month.

Obligations

What this law requires

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When calculating entitlement to the adult disability allowance (AAH), apply the income-assessment rules in Article D.821-9(I) of the Social Security Code to function allowances paid to local elected officials covered by Article 80 undecies B(I) of the General Tax Code.

AAH benefit administratorssocial security bodies responsible for AAH calculation
For AAH calculations affected by the decree from its applicable date
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For AAH recipients receiving guaranteed remuneration in supported work settings, examine entitlement under the general calculation conditions set out in Article R.821-4-1 of the Social Security Code rather than the former detailed rules in Article D.821-10(a), (b), and (c).

AAH benefit administratorssocial security bodies responsible for AAH entitlement reviews
Applies in stages to allowances due from October, November, or December 2026 depending on the month the recipient's AAH entitlement was opened
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Apply the revised Article D.821-10 rules to AAH allowances due from 1 October 2026 for beneficiaries whose AAH entitlement was opened in January, April, July, or October under Article R.821-7 of the Social Security Code.

AAH benefit administratorssocial security bodies responsible for AAH entitlement reviews
From 1 October 2026
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Apply the revised Article D.821-10 rules to AAH allowances due from 1 November 2026 for beneficiaries whose AAH entitlement was opened in February, May, August, or November under Article R.821-7 of the Social Security Code.

AAH benefit administratorssocial security bodies responsible for AAH entitlement reviews
From 1 November 2026
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Apply the revised Article D.821-10 rules to AAH allowances due from 1 December 2026 for beneficiaries whose AAH entitlement was opened in March, June, September, or December under Article R.821-7 of the Social Security Code.

AAH benefit administratorssocial security bodies responsible for AAH entitlement reviews
From 1 December 2026
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Affected Parties

Adult disability allowance beneficiariesAAH recipients who are local elected officials+2 more…

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disability benefits,social security,local elected officials…
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