Solidarity allowance for the elderly (Aspa)

Verified 01 January 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

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General case

You can get the Aspa from 65 years old.

You are a veteran/deportee/intern or prisoner of war

You can get the Aspa before 65.

The age from which you can get it is determined by your year of birth:

Tableau - Age of eligibility for Aspa, by year of birth

Year of birth

Minimum age

Before July 1951

60 years

July to December 1951

60 years + 4 months

1952

60 years + 9 months

1953

61 years + 2 months

1954

61 years + 7 months

1955 or later

62 yrs

You are disabled or disabled

You can obtain the Aspa at age 65, or earlier if you meet at least 1 of the following conditions:

  • Justify a permanent disability rate of at least 50%
  • Be found unfit for work and permanently incapacitated at a rate of 50%
  • Receive early retirement for disability
Tableau - Age of eligibility for Aspa, by year of birth

Year of birth

Minimum age

Before July 1951

60 years

July to December 1951

60 years + 4 months

1952

60 years + 9 months

1953

61 years + 2 months

1954

61 years + 7 months

1955 or later

62 yrs

Amount not to exceed

Since 1er january 2025, your couple shall not exceed €1,605.73 gross per month.

Your couple's income is assessed over the 3 months prior to the Aspa's starting point. If they exceed the maximum amount, it is your income from the previous 12 months that is taken into account.

So you can apply for Aspa as soon as you meet the other conditions (age, residence).

Example :

If your application is received on May 12, 2025:

  • The starting point of the Aspa is set at 1er June 2025 (1er day of the month following receipt of your request)
  • Your revenues taken into account are those for March, April and May 2025.
  • If the total of these revenues exceeds the maximum allowable amount, your revenues from June 2024 to May 2025 are taken into account.

Included income

Tableau - Entitlement to Aspa: main income taken into account or not

Main types of income

Taken into account?

Occupational income

Yes, but your income is reduced by the following amount:

  • when your last 3 months' revenues are reviewed, from €2,702.70
  • when your last 12 months' revenues are reviewed, from €10,810.80
  • Maintenance, the amount of which shall be determined by a judicial decision

    Yes

    Invalidity pension

    Yes

    Retirement pensions

    Yes

    Income from movable and immovable property

    Yes, 3% their market value as fixed at the date of Aspa's application

    Property you donated

    Yesunder certain conditions

    Disabled Adult Allowance (DAA)

    No, except in special cases

    Aid in cash or in kind received from descendants, not determined by a court decision

    No

    Custom Housing Assistance (APL)

    No

    Social housing allowance (SLA)

    No

    Custom Battery Allowance (Apa)

    No

    Veteran's recognition allowance

    No

    Recognition allowance and life allowance for former substitute and equivalent

    No

    College and high school scholarships

    No

    Third Party Surcharge (TPM)

    No

    Pensions attached to honors (Legion of Honor, military medal, etc.)

    No

    Third-party recourse top-up benefit (PCRTP)

    No

    ​Disability Compensation Benefit (DCP)

    No

    Family benefits

    No

    Value of your principal residence, even if the applicant is hospitalized for a long period of time

    No

    FYI  

    it is possible to know the list of all income not taken into account for the award of the Aspa.

    The rules depend on your nationality:

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    You're French

    You must reside in France (Metropolis, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Martin) stably. This is the case if you are in either one of these situations:

    • You have your permanent home in France. The household is the place where you normally live, that is to say, the place of your habitual residence, provided that this residence in France is of a permanent nature.
    • The location of your main stay is located in France. This is the case if you stay in France for more than 9 months in the year of payment of the Aspa.

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    You can prove your residence in France by any means.

    You're a foreigner

    You must reside in France (Metropolis, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Martin) stably. This is the case if you are in either one of these situations:

    • You have your permanent home in France. The household is the place where you normally live, that is to say, the place of your habitual residence, provided that this residence in France is of a permanent nature.
    • The location of your main stay is located in France. This is the case if you stay in France for more than 9 months in the year of payment of the Aspa.

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    You can prove your residence in France by any means.

    You must also be in one of the following situations:

    • Have a residence permit authorizing work on a continuous basis for at least 10 years
    • Be a refugee
    • Be stateless
    • Or benefit from the subsidiary protection
    • Either fighting for France
    • Be a national of a Member State of the European Economic Area or Switzerland
    • Be Algerian or Andorran or Beninese or Cape Verdean or Congolese (Republic of Congo) or Gabonese or Israeli or Malagasy or Malian or Moroccan or Monegasque or Senegalese or Togolese or Turkish or Tunisian, under certain conditions

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    You only have one retirement

    You must apply to the organization that pays your pension:

    Social security pension

    You must complete the Aspa application form:

    Application by Aspa to the National Old Age Insurance Fund (Cnav) and Cavimac

    You send the form to your pension fund. You must attach the requested supporting documents (a list is given in the package leaflet attached to the form).

    Who shall I contact

    This form allows you to apply for the Aspa from a single organization for all the activities that you have been able to carry out as:

    • Employee
    • Head of company, collaborating partner, craftsman, merchant and industrialist...
    • Minister of Worship or Religion (Cavimac).
    Pension paid by MSA

    You must complete the Aspa application form:

    Application from Aspa to the MSA

    You send the form, together with the supporting documents requested (a list of which is given in the leaflet attached to the form), to the AMM.

    Who shall I contact
    Pension paid by the Public Employees' Pension Fund

    You must complete the Aspa application form:

    Application by Aspa to the National Old Age Insurance Fund (Cnav) and Cavimac

    You send the form, along with the required supporting documents (a list of which is given in the notice attached to the form), to your pension fund.

    Pension paid by the pension fund for territorial and hospital officials

    The application form from the Aspa must be requested by mail from the CNRACLCNRACL : National Pension Fund for Local Government Employees.

    You have several retirements (multiple pensioner)

    You must file your application in the following order of priority:

    1. To the farm self-employed plan, if you are receiving a pension from that plan and if you are a farmer on the date of your application for Aspa.
    2. Under the general plan, if you are receiving your pension from that plan.
    3. To the organization that pays you the highest pension on the date of your application for Aspa.
    Scheme for self-employed agricultural workers

    You must complete the Aspa application form:

    Application from Aspa to the MSA

    You must send the form, accompanied by the requested supporting documents (the list of which is specified in the package leaflet attached to the form), to the AMM.

    Who shall I contact
    General scheme

    This form allows you to apply for the Aspa from a single organization for all the activities that you have been able to carry out as:

    • Employee, head of company, collaborating partner, craftsman, merchant and industrialist, ...
    • Minister of Worship or Religion (Cavimac).

    You must complete the Aspa application form:

    Application by Aspa to the National Old Age Insurance Fund (Cnav) and Cavimac

    You send the form, along with the required supporting documents (a list of which is given in the notice attached to the form), to your pension fund.

    Who shall I contact

    Other case

    Reminder

    If you are not yet drawing your pension, you must apply to the fund that will pay your pension.

    If you are not eligible for a pension, you must fill out this form and then hand it over to your City Hall.

    Application by Aspa (applicant without retirement pension)

    Who shall I contact

    FYI  

    This form can also be obtained from your city hall.

    The situation differs depending on whether one or two people receive the Aspa:

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    2 people receive the Aspa

    When the 2 members of the couple receive the Aspa, the maximum total amount paid is €1,605.73 per month, or €19,268.80 maximum per year (gross amounts).

    The amount paid to your couple is equal to the difference between €1,605.73 and the amount of your couple's monthly income.

    Example :

    If your couple's income is €1,000 per month, the amount per month of the Aspa shall be calculated as follows:

    €1,605.73 - €1,000 = €605.73 per month.

    1 person receives the Aspa

    When only one member of your couple receives the Aspa, the maximum amount paid is €1,034.28 per month, or €12,411.44 maximum per year (gross amounts).

    Tableau - Amount of the Aspa when only one member of the couple is entitled to it

    Couple income (per month)

    Aspa amount (per month)

    Up to €571.45

    €1,034.28

    More than €571.45 and up to €1,605.73

    Difference between €1,605.73 and the amount of the couple's income

    Greater than €1,605.73

    Aspa is not paid

    The Aspa is paid by your pension fund (CarsatCarsat : Pension Insurance and Occupational Health Fund, MSA...).

    It shall be paid at the earliest from 1er the day of the month following the date of receipt of your request.

    When you receive the Aspa, you must inform your pension fund of any change in situation concerning you (amount of your income, family situation or place of residence).

    Amounts paid for the Aspa are recovered after the death of the person who received the Aspa, only if the net assets of the estate (amount of the estate less debts and expenses, such as taxes, rents and funerals payable) are at least equal to a certain amount.

    This amount depends on where you live:

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    In the metropolis

    When death occurs in 2025, the amounts paid for Aspa shall be recovered after death, only if the net assets of the estate (i.e. the amount of assets minus debts) is at least equal to €107,616.

    If the net assets of the estate are less than this amount, there is no recovery.

    In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion

    When death occurs in 2025, the amounts paid for Aspa shall be recovered after death, only if the net assets of the estate is at least equal to €150,000.

    If the net assets of the estate are less than this amount, there is no recovery.

    You live alone

    The persons concerned are the following:

    • Single
    • Widow
    • Widow of war
    • Divorced
    • Separated from body (person authorized by a judgment to reside separately, without ending their marriage)
    • De facto separated (person each with a principal residence).

    Example :

    A retired person living with his daughter (adult or minor) is considered to be living alone.

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    General case

    You can get the Aspa from 65 years old.

    You are a veteran/deportee/intern or prisoner of war

    You can get the Aspa before 65.

    The age from which you can get it is determined by your year of birth:

    Tableau - Age of eligibility for Aspa, by year of birth

    Year of birth

    Minimum age

    Before July 1951

    60 years

    July to December 1951

    60 years + 4 months

    1952

    60 years + 9 months

    1953

    61 years + 2 months

    1954

    61 years + 7 months

    1955 or later

    62 yrs

    You are disabled or disabled

    You can obtain the Aspa at age 65, or earlier if you meet at least 1 of the following conditions:

    • Justify a permanent disability rate of at least 50%
    • Be found unfit for work and permanently incapacitated at a rate of 50%
    • Receive early retirement for disability
    Tableau - Age of eligibility for Aspa, by year of birth

    Year of birth

    Minimum age

    Before July 1951

    60 years

    July to December 1951

    60 years + 4 months

    1952

    60 years + 9 months

    1953

    61 years + 2 months

    1954

    61 years + 7 months

    1955 or later

    62 yrs

    Amount not to exceed

    If your income exceeds a maximum amount, you are not entitled to the Aspa.

    Since 1er january 2025, the amount not to be exceeded is €1,034.28 gross per month.

    FYI  

    If you are a war widow, another maximum amount applies.

    Your income is assessed over the 3 months preceding the Aspa's starting point. If they exceed the maximum amount, it is your income from the previous 12 months that is taken into account.

    So you can apply for Aspa as soon as you meet the other conditions (age, residence).

    Example :

    If your application is received on May 12, 2025:

    • The starting point of the Aspa is set at 1er June 2025 (1er day of the month following receipt of your request)
    • Your revenues taken into account are those for March, April and May 2025.
    • If the total of these revenues exceeds the maximum allowable amount, your revenues from June 2024 to May 2025 are taken into account.

    Included income

    Tableau - Entitlement to Aspa: main income taken into account or not

    Main types of income

    Taken into account?

    Occupational income

    Yes, but your income is reduced by the following amount:

  • when your last 3 months' revenues are reviewed, from €1,621.62
  • when your last 12 months' revenues are reviewed, from €6,486.48
  • Maintenance, the amount of which shall be determined by a judicial decision

    Yes

    Invalidity pension

    Yes

    Retirement pensions

    Yes

    Income from movable and immovable property

    Yes, for 3% their market value as fixed at the date of Aspa's application

    Property you donated

    Yesunder certain conditions

    Disabled Adult Allowance (DAA)

    No, except in special cases

    Aid in cash or in kind received from descendants, not determined by a court decision

    No

    Custom Housing Assistance (APL)

    No

    Social housing allowance (SLA)

    No

    Custom Battery Allowance (Apa)

    No

    Veteran's recognition allowance

    No

    Recognition allowance and life allowance for former substitute and equivalent

    No

    College and high school scholarships

    No

    Third Party Surcharge (TPM)

    No

    Pensions attached to honors (Legion of Honor, military medal ...)

    No

    Third-party recourse top-up benefit (PCRTP)

    No

    Disability Compensation Benefit (DCP)

    No

    Family benefits

    No

    Value of your principal residence, even if the applicant is hospitalized for a long period of time

    No

    FYI  

    It is possible to know the list of all income not taken into account for the award of the Aspa. If they're not on that list, all other types of income are included.

    The rules depend on your nationality:

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    You're French

    You must reside in France (Metropolis, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Martin) stably. This is the case if you are in either one of these situations:

    • You have your permanent home in France. The household is the place where you normally live, that is to say, the place of your habitual residence, provided that this residence in France is of a permanent nature.
    • The location of your main stay is located in France. This is the case if you stay in France for more than 9 months in the year of payment of the Aspa.

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    You can prove your residence in France by any means.

    You're a foreigner

    You must reside in France (Metropolis, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Martin) stably. This is the case if you are in either one of these situations:

    • You have your permanent home in France. The household is the place where you normally live, that is to say, the place of your habitual residence, provided that this residence in France is of a permanent nature.
    • The location of your main stay is located in France. This is the case if you stay in France for more than 9 months in the year of payment of the Aspa.

    FYI  

    You can prove your residence in France by any means.

    You must also be in one of the following situations:

    • Have a residence permit authorizing work on a continuous basis for at least 10 years
    • Be a refugee
    • Be stateless
    • Or benefit from the subsidiary protection
    • Either fighting for France
    • Be a national of a Member State of the European Economic Area or Switzerland
    • Be Algerian or Andorran or Beninese or Cape Verdean or Congolese (Republic of Congo) or Gabonese or Israeli or Malagasy or Malian or Moroccan or Monegasque or Senegalese or Togolese or Turkish or Tunisian, under certain conditions

    The situation differs depending on whether you receive a single pension or several or none:

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    You only have one retirement

    You must apply to the organization that pays your pension.

    Social security pension

    You must complete the Aspa application form:

    Application by Aspa to the National Old Age Insurance Fund (Cnav) and Cavimac

    You send the form, accompanied by the required supporting documents (a list of which is given in the notice attached to the form), to your pension fund.

    Who shall I contact

    This form allows you to apply for the Aspa from a single organization for all the activities that you have been able to carry out as:

    • Employee
    • Head of company, collaborating partner, craftsman, merchant and industrialist...
    • Minister of Worship or Religion (Cavimac)
    Pension paid by MSA

    You must complete the Aspa application form:

    Application from Aspa to the MSA

    You send the form, together with the supporting documents requested (a list of which is given in the leaflet attached to the form), to the AMM.

    Who shall I contact
    Pension paid by the Public Employees' Pension Fund

    You must complete the Aspa application form:

    Application by Aspa to the National Old Age Insurance Fund (Cnav) and Cavimac

    You send the form, accompanied by the required supporting documents (a list of which is given in the notice attached to the form), to your pension fund.

    Pension paid by the pension fund for territorial and hospital officials

    The application form from the Aspa must be requested by mail from the CNRACLCNRACL : National Pension Fund for Local Government Employees :

    You have several retirements (multiple pensioner)

    You must file your application in the following order of priority:

    1. The farm self-employed plan, if you are receiving a pension from that plan and if you are a farmer on the date of your application for Aspa.
    2. Under the general plan, if you are receiving your pension from that plan.
    3. To the organization that pays you the highest pension on the date of your application for Aspa.
    Scheme for self-employed agricultural workers

    You must complete the Aspa application form:

    Application from Aspa to the MSA

    You send the form, together with the supporting documents requested (a list of which is given in the leaflet attached to the form), to the AMM.

    Who shall I contact
    General scheme

    This form allows you to apply for the Aspa from a single organization for all the activities that you have been able to carry out as:

    • employee, head of company, collaborating spouse, craftsman, merchant and industrialist, ...
    • Minister of Religious Affairs (Cavimac)

    You must complete the Aspa application form:

    Application by Aspa to the National Old Age Insurance Fund (Cnav) and Cavimac

    You send the form, accompanied by the required supporting documents (a list of which is given in the notice attached to the form), to your pension fund.

    Who shall I contact

    Other case

    Reminder

    if you are not yet receiving your pension, your application must be made to the fund that will pay you the pension when you retire.

    If you are not entitled to receive a pension, you must complete this form and then hand it over to your city hall:

    Application by Aspa (applicant without retirement pension)

    Who shall I contact

    FYI  

    This form can also be obtained from your city hall.

    The maximum amount allocated per month is €1,034.28, or €12,411.44 maximum per year (gross amounts).

    The amount allocated to you is equal to the difference between the maximum amount per month of the Aspa (€1,034.28) and the amount of your income per month.

    Example :

    If your income is €800 per month, the amount of the Aspa shall be determined as follows:

    €1,034.28 - €800 = €234.28 per month.

    The Aspa is paid by your pension fund (CarsatCarsat : Pension Insurance and Occupational Health Fund, MSA...).

    It shall be paid at the earliest from 1er the day of the month following the date of receipt of your request.

    When you receive the Aspa, you must inform your pension fund of any change in situation concerning you (amount of your income, family situation or place of residence).

    Amounts paid for the Aspa are recovered after the death of the person who received the Aspa, only if the net assets of the estate (amount of the estate less debts and expenses, such as taxes, rents and funerals payable) are at least equal to a certain amount.

    This amount depends on where you live:

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    In the metropolis

    When death occurs in 2025, the amounts paid for Aspa shall be recovered after death, only if the net assets of the estate (i.e. the amount of assets minus debts) is at least equal to €107,616.

    If the net assets of the estate are less than this amount, there is no recovery.

    In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion

    When death occurs in 2025, the amounts paid for Aspa shall be recovered after death, only if the net assets of the estate is at least equal to €150,000.

    If the net assets of the estate are less than this amount, there is no recovery.

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