Death grant for self-employed farmers extended to work-accident deaths and to holders of invalidity or injury pensions

Article 97 of the 2026 Social Security Financing Act extends the self-employed farmers' death grant to deaths following a workplace accident or occupational disease, and to the survivors of insured persons who, in the three months before death, received an invalidity pension or an occupational injury pension with a permanent incapacity rate above a threshold, set at two thirds by decree no. 2026-198 of 19 March 2026. Applies to deaths from 1 January 2026.