Compulsory supplementary pension for self-employed farmers: first benefits on 1 April 2003 and €28 million State contribution
Article 113 of the 2003 Finance Act sets at €28 million for 2003 the State's financial contribution to the compulsory supplementary pension scheme for self-employed farmers, created by Act no. 2002-308 of 4 March 2002, and postpones from 1 January to 1 April 2003 the date from which benefits are paid (Articles L. 732-60, L. 732-62 and L. 762-35 of the Rural Code). Decree no. 2003-147 of 20 February 2003 sets for 2003 the contribution rate at 2.97% of professional income and the point value at €0.2876. The pension reform Act no. 2003-775 of 21 August 2003 (Article 106) grants the surviving spouse, from 1 April 2003 at the earliest, a survivor's pension equal to 54% of the supplementary pension when the farmer dies before claiming his pension.
Measure originators
A positive amount is revenue or savings for public finances; a negative amount is a cost or lost revenue.
Measure impact
Concerns retired farm operators, who receive a supplementary pension from 1 April 2003, and surviving spouses. The scheme is funded by farmers' contributions and by a State contribution set at €28 million for 2003.
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Administrative implementation
Entrée en vigueur de la mesure et mise en œuvre par l'administration
President of the Republic signature
Publication au Journal officiel
Possible referral to Constitutional Council
Décision de conformité / censure partielle
National Assembly has the final say
Si échec CMP
Joint committee
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Debate and vote
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