Structural reformIn effectSocial benefitsNational

Early retirement for long careers extended to civil servants

Article 119 of the 2005 Finance Act creates Article L. 25 bis of the civil and military pensions code: the retirement age of 60 is lowered for State civil servants with at least 168 quarters of insurance. It becomes 59 from 1 January 2005 (160 contributed quarters, work started before 17), 58 from 1 July 2006 (164 quarters, before 16) and 56 from 1 January 2008 (168 quarters, before 16). It also applies to State industrial workers. Article 57 of the 2005 Social Security Financing Act provides the same scheme for civil servants in the CNRACL fund (local and hospital staff) from 1 January 2005. Claims must be made before the 60th birthday.

Measure originators

InitiatorGVT
Nicolas Sarkozy
Gouvernement
Impact on public finances

No official estimate found for this measure.

Effective date
1 January 2005

Measure impact

State civil servants and workers, as well as local and hospital staff, who started working before 16 or 17 and have long careers can retire from 56 to 59, as private-sector employees could since 2004.

Official references

Law number: Loi n° 2004-1484 (LF 2005), art. 119 ; loi n° 2004-1370 (LFSS 2005), art. 57
Official Journal: JORF n° 304 du 31 décembre 2004

Procedure timeline

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5 / 5 steps
Completed
1 January 2005

Administrative implementation

Application

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

Entrée en vigueur au 1er janvier 2005 (III de l'article 119 ; III de l'article 57 de la LFSS 2005).
Completed
30 December 2004

President of the Republic signature

Promulgation

Publication au Journal officiel

Promulgation de la loi n° 2004-1484, publiée au JORF n° 304 du 31 décembre 2004.
Completed
29 December 2004

Possible referral to Constitutional Council

Constitutional review

Décision de conformité / censure partielle

Décision du Conseil constitutionnel n° 2004-511 DC du 29 décembre 2004.
Completed
22 December 2004

National Assembly has the final say

Parliamentary process

Si échec CMP

Vote result
Adopted
Adoption définitive : texte de la CMP adopté par l'Assemblée nationale le 20 décembre 2004 (TA n° 369) et par le Sénat le 22 décembre 2004.
Completed
22 September 2004

Transmission to National Assembly

Parliamentary process
Actors
Nicolas Sarkozy
Dépôt du projet de loi de finances pour 2005 à l'Assemblée nationale (n° 1800) par Nicolas Sarkozy, ministre d'État, ministre de l'économie, des finances et de l'industrie.