Increase in the minimum old-age pension (ASPA) on 1 April 2009 and path to 2012
On the basis of Article 73 of the 2009 Social Security Financing Act, Decree No. 2009-473 of 28 April 2009 raises the maximum solidarity allowance for the elderly for a single person to €8,125.59 a year on 1 April 2009, and sets in advance the amounts of €8,507.49 on 1 April 2010, €8,907.34 on 1 April 2011 and €9,325.98 on 1 April 2012. The amount for a couple is raised to €13,765.73 a year on 1 April 2009. Means-test ceilings and the amounts of the former supplementary allowance are adjusted accordingly.
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Single recipients of the minimum old-age pension see their maximum allowance raised to €8,125.59 a year (about €677 a month) in April 2009, with scheduled annual increases up to €9,325.98 in April 2012. The amount for a couple is only raised on 1 April 2009.
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