Gradual increase in the legal retirement age from 60 to 62 and in the full-rate age from 65 to 67

The pension reform act of 9 November 2010 creates Article L. 161-17-2 of the Social Security Code: the minimum pension age, previously 60 in the general scheme, aligned schemes, the agricultural scheme and the civil service scheme, is raised to 62 for people born from 1 January 1956 and increased by four months per age cohort for people born before that date (Article 18). Decree No. 2010-1734 of 30 December 2010 sets the timetable: 60 years and 4 months for people born in the second half of 1951, 60 years and 8 months for 1952, 61 for 1953, 61 years and 4 months for 1954, 61 years and 8 months for 1955 and 62 from 1956. The age for a full-rate pension regardless of contribution record is raised in the same way from 65 to 67 (Article 20), with 65 kept for some parents and carers. These rules apply to pensions starting on or after 1 July 2011. The timetable was accelerated by the 2012 Social Security Financing Act, and the legal age was raised again by the 2023 pension reform.