France’s two implementing decrees set the rules for its reformed cumul emploi-retraite system from 1 January 2027. People who receive a retirement pension for the first time from that date will enter the new framework; people who retired earlier keep the previous rules if they return to work in 2027.
Service-Public says Decrees Nos. 2026-1016 and 2026-1017, published in the Journal officiel on 3 November, replace the former distinction between full and capped combinations of pension and work income. The new system instead uses age, with three situations linked to a person’s career stage.
Below the legal minimum retirement age, work income and replacement income, including sickness benefits, will reduce the pension from the first euro. The reduction is applied progressively and cannot exceed one third of the pension. Until age 67, pension and work or replacement income can be combined up to EUR7,000 gross per calendar year; pensions are reduced by 50% of income above that threshold. Service-Public says the threshold will be adjusted annually from 1 January in line with the social-security ceiling.
From age 67, pension and work income can be combined without a ceiling, and contributions paid through the activity can create additional pension rights. The official notice also provides for possible exemptions from pension reductions for some occupations with recruitment difficulties and for activities serving the public interest or a public service.
The pivotal change is therefore the first-pension date, rather than a blanket transfer of all retirees into one system in 2027. The decrees turn the legislative reform into operating rules while preserving the former framework for people already retired before the new regime starts.
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- Service Public · Actualités particuliers — Source : Service Public (https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/) · Source date: 2026-11-10
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