SPECIAL REGIMES. The National Assembly adopted the first article of the pension reform putting an end to the special schemes of the RATP or the Banque de France. All the details.
[Mis à jour le 10 février 2022 à 17h14] It’s done. Article 1 of the amended social security financing bill (PLFRSS) aimed at remove special diets retirement was adopted by the National Assembly, Friday, February 10. This article provides in particular that the regimes of the RATP, the electricity and gas industries, the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (Cese) and the Banque de France are to be phased out gradually from 1 September 2023. The special regimes abolished will, however, benefit from grandfather clause, allowing existing employees to retain their benefits. New employees will now be affiliated to the general pension scheme. Conversely, those of the Paris Opera, the Comédie Française, fishermen and lawyers and liberal professions will continue if the pension reform comes into force this summer. Would you like to know all the effects of this reform on the special schemes? Consult our dedicated file now:
The majority of special schemes allowing people to leave before the legal retirement age will disappear with the pension reform, from 1 September 2023. RATPthe branches of the gas industries (IEG), THE Clerics And employees of notariesthe staff of the Bank of France and members of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (Cese) will therefore see their special plans extinguished for new employees. On the other hand, the autonomous schemes which concern lawyers, the schemes for sailors, that of the Paris Opera and the Comédie Française will not be affected by this novelty relating to the pension reform.
Be aware that the shift in the legal retirement age will indeed affect workers in special schemes, in the same way as the extension of the contribution period. On the other hand, civil servants will still be able to benefit from a more advantageous method of calculation. In their case, the calculation of the retirement is established on the last six months of career, and not on the 25 best years.
The special regimes complete the list of Social Security regimes. These schemes are attached to a company, a public institution, or a profession. There are three main categories: the regime of the public function (national police, military), the regimes of businesses and public bodies (EDF, RATP, SNCF). And finally, the special regimes such as those of the Comédie Française, the Paris Opera, the Notary Clerks, or the Banque de France). In France, 15 special schemes exist, which represents 4.7 million contributors. Here is the complete list of special diets:
- The civil servants’ regime
- The regime of the Banque de France
- The RATP system
- The SNCF scheme
- The mining regime
- The regime for staff at the Opéra National de Paris
- The regime of the Comédie Française
- The regime of the Autonomous Port of Bordeaux
- The regime for sailors with the National Establishment of Naval Invalids
- The Regime of Cults
- Regime for Clerks and Notary Employees
- The parliamentary system of the Senate with the independent Social Security fund of the Senate
- The parliamentary system of the National Assembly
- The EDF-GDF scheme for the Electricity and Gas Industries
- The scheme for workers in State industrial establishments and the scheme for local government officials
On September 1, 2023, if the pension reform comes into force, several special schemes will disappear. But in reality, this deletion only concerns new hires. Current employees will retain this famous special regime. This is called: the grandfather clause.