Social benefits and social minima wrongly paid: how to repay?

What's the procedure?

Reimbursement takes place in several stages:

1. you receive a notification of reimbursement, specifying the nature and date of the payment or payments in question, the amount of the sums and the reason for recovery of the overpayment;
2. within 20 days of receiving the notification, you have the opportunity to exercise a right of rectification of erroneous information or to appeal to the amicable appeal board of the body concerned. After this period your request for rectification will be rejected, and the overpayments will be deducted from your future benefits within 2 months;
3. you can also request a payment schedule, it must be implemented within 1 month after the request. However, the schedule may not exceed 12 months. If no timetable is agreed, the sums in question shall be assessed and deducted from the new benefits;
4. When you exercise a right of rectification, the director of the organization has a period of 1 month to reply. It may either cancel the refund or send a new notification in the event of total or partial rejection. It must contain the grounds for rejection and the possibility for the body to recover the overpayments 7 days after the notification has been sent.