Civil service pension reform: gradual alignment on 160 quarters, penalty and bonus
Title III of the Pension Reform Act of 21 August 2003 rewrites the Civil and Military Pensions Code. Article 51 sets at 160 quarters the length of service and credits needed for the maximum rate of 75% of salary, reached gradually until 31 December 2008 (Art. 66). It creates a reduction coefficient of 1.25% per missing quarter, applied on a transitional scale until 31 December 2019, and an increase coefficient of 0.75% per additional quarter, up to twenty quarters. Title III takes effect on 1 January 2004 (Art. 80).
Measure originators
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Measure impact
State, local and hospital civil servants retiring from 2004 must gradually reach 160 quarters for a 75% pension; each missing quarter reduces the pension, and each additional quarter increases it by 0.75%.
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Publication au Journal officiel
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