Asbestos early retirement of a public servant

You can stop working early and receive a specific early termination benefit (Ascaa) until you retire if you:

1^er case

You can stop your business from 50 years if you are recognized suffering from occupational disease caused by asbestoscontracted during your employment in the public service.

2^e case

You can stop your activity if you are official or former official of the ministry responsible for defense and if you fill the following 2 conditions :

• You work or have worked in a department's ship-building or ship-repair establishmentfor periods during which asbestos or materials containing asbestos were treated
• During those periods, you exercised a function on a list fixed by ministerial order.

You may cease your activity from the age of 60 years less one-third of the total period during which you have held the office on the list established by ministerial order and at the earliest, at age 50.

3^e case

You can stop your activity if you are official or former official of the ministry responsible for the sea and if you fill the following conditions :

• You work or have worked in a ship-building or ship-repair establishment under the responsibility or having been under the responsibility of that ministryfor periods during which asbestos or materials containing asbestos were treated
• During those periods, you exercised a function on a list fixed by ministerial order.

You may cease your activity from the age of 60 years less one-third of the total period during which you have held the office on the list established by ministerial order and at the earliest, at age 50.

In order to benefit from the early termination of activity and the specific allowance, you must apply to your administration or former administration.

Your application must be accompanied by the necessary supporting documents.

If you are no longer a civil servant at the time of your application, you are entitled to social security under the same conditions as would apply to you if you were a civil servant. You are re-affiliated to the social security scheme you enjoy as a civil servant.

Your administration will communicate its decision to you within 2 months according to the date of receipt of your complete file.

You can stop your business from 1^er day of the month following the date of receipt of the decision on admission of your administration.

From that date until your retirement, you can no longer work. Only artistic or creative activity is possible. If you engage in any other unauthorized activity, payment of the specific allowance is suspended and the allowances already received are claimed from you.

From the time you leave the service until you retire, you receive a specific early retirement allowance (Ascaa).

The amount of this allowance is calculated on the basis of a reference remuneration equal to the average of your gross monthly remuneration for your last 12 months of activity.

The amount of the allowance is equal to 65% of this reference remuneration.

This amount shall be revalued in line with the increase in the value of the public service index point.

The elements of remuneration taken into account in the calculation of the average of your gross monthly remuneration for your last 12 months of activity are the usual and regular elements paid to you.

Refunds of costs are not taken into account.

If you are posted overseas or abroad, the remuneration elements related to this assignment are taken into account only if you continue to reside overseas or abroad and have the center of your moral and material interests there.

If you were on sick leave (regular, long-term or long-term) at half-pay before you left work, the amount of the specific allowance is calculated on the basis of the average of your full-time remuneration. It's the same if you were part-time.

The amount of the specific allowance may not be less than €1,351.30 gross per month, not less than €1,351.35 gross per month.

The amount of the specific allowance may not exceed the gross index salary you held before your cessation of activity.

The specific allowance is paid to you every month to expired term by your last public employer.

The specific allowance is subject to sickness and pension contributions.

Your pension contributions to the SRESRE : State Pension Service or to the CNRACLCNRACL : National Pension Fund for Local Government Employees and to the RAFPRAFP : Additional retirement from the public service are supported by your administration.

They are calculated on the basis of the index salary and the premiums you held before your cessation of activity.

The specific allocation is also subject to CSGCSG : Generalized social contribution and CRDSCRDS : Contribution towards the repayment of social debt.

When you are entitled to a full-rate pension at age 60 at the earliest

You are compulsorily retired and the specific allowance ceases to be paid to you when you have the number of quarters of pension insurance required to be entitled to a pension retirement at full rate and at the earliest at 60 years.

No later than age 65

You must be retired no later than age 65 even if you don't have the number of quarters of pension insurance required to qualify for a full-rate pension.

In this case, your retirement pension is granted to you at a full rate (i.e. no discount).

At your request from age 60 if you accept a pension with a discount

You can apply to be retired as soon as you reach 60, regardless of the number of quarters.

If you don't have the number of quarters of pension insurance required to qualify for a full-rate pension, your pension is subject to a discount.

Before age 60 if you are entitled to early retirement

You can apply for retirement if you qualify for early retirement before age 65 or before age 60 (e.g. for a long career).

At any time if you are entitled to a disability pension

You can ask to be fired at any time disability pension if you meet the conditions to take advantage of it.