Retirees of the state civil service will soon no longer be able to collect holiday vouchers

According to the circular, dated 2 August 2023, which focuses exclusively on the state civil service, only civilian public officials and serving military personnel can now receive holiday vouchers if they are paid from the state budget.

The circular states that they can no longer benefit from it:

• civil servants and retired military personnel governed by the State Civil and Military Retirement Pensions Code;
• retired government workers;
• retired non-permanent officials of the State;
• State pensioners who benefit from the payment by the State (partial or total) of a pension in respect of guaranteed State foreigner pensions.

The resource conditions to benefit from it

To qualify for holiday vouchers, your resources must not exceed a certain amount. It is the reference tax income of your tax household that is taken into account.

You can use this simulator to find out if you can get vouchers.

In a household, if both spouses are working, each of them can apply for holiday vouchers, whether they both belong to the public service or whether one of them is employed in the private sector. In the latter case, only the spouse employed in the public service receives the State contribution for the financing of his or her holiday vouchers.

The circular of August 2, 2023, also specifies that an agent can file only one application for a holiday voucher per year.