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AAH: claiming the ASPA first at retirement age is no longer required

The 2017 Finance Act amends article L. 821-1 of the Social Security Code: the solidarity allowance for the elderly (ASPA) is excluded from the old-age benefits that disabled adult allowance (AAH) recipients must claim before the AAH, and any ASPA received is taken into account in calculating the top-up AAH. Applies to people reaching the relevant age from 1 January 2017.

Measure originators

InitiatorGVT
Christian Eckert
Gouvernement
InitiatorGVT
Michel Sapin
Gouvernement
Impact on public finances
Costs 20 m €/yr2017 estimate · State
Source of the estimate: Sénat — Rapport général n° 140 (2016-2017), tome III, annexe 31 « Solidarité, insertion et égalité des chances » (Indirect official figure)

A positive amount is revenue or savings for public finances; a negative amount is a cost or lost revenue.

Effective date
1 January 2017

Measure impact

AAH recipients reaching statutory retirement age from 1 January 2017: they no longer have to claim the ASPA in order to keep the AAH, which in particular avoids ASPA-specific rules such as estate recovery.

Official references

Law number: Loi n° 2016-1917 du 29 décembre 2016 (LF 2017), art. 87, VI
Official Journal: JORF n° 0303 du 30 décembre 2016
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Sources

Loi n° 2016-1917 du 29 décembre 2016 (LF 2017), article 87Official
30 December 2016

Procedure timeline

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Completed
1 January 2017

Administrative implementation

Application

Entrée en vigueur de la mesure et mise en œuvre par l'administration

Entrée en application de la mesure.
Source
Completed
29 December 2016

Possible referral to Constitutional Council

Constitutional review

Décision de conformité / censure partielle

Décision du Conseil constitutionnel n° 2016-744 DC sur la loi de finances pour 2017.
Source
Completed
29 December 2016

President of the Republic signature

Promulgation

Publication au Journal officiel

Promulgation de la loi n° 2016-1917 de finances pour 2017 (JO du 30 décembre 2016).
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