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Solidarity allowance for the elderly (Aspa)
Verified 10 January 2023 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
The solidarity allowance for the elderly (Aspa) is a monthly benefit granted to pensioners with low resources living in France. It is paid out by your pension fund (Carsat: titleContent, MSA, ...). The amount depends on your family situation (couple life or not).
What applies to you ?
You live together
The Aspa is paid to pensioners living in France by their pension fund (Carsat: titleContent, MSA ...).
The amount depends on your resources (income and wealth).
The amount of your Aspa is, to a certain extent, added to your personal income.
FYI
if you receive old-age minimum benefits, you can ask to switch to the Aspa device at any time. However, it is not possible to switch from the Aspa to the minimum.
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General case
You can get the Aspa from age 65.
You are a veteran/deported/interned or a prisoner of war
You can get Aspa before age 65.
The age at which you can obtain it is determined by your year of birth.
Date or year of birth | Minimum age |
|---|---|
Before July 1951 | 60 years |
Between July and 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 years |
You are an invalid or disabled person
You can get Aspa at age 65 or earlier if you meet any of the following conditions:
- Justify a permanent disability rate of at least 50 %,
- be found unfit for work and permanently incapacitated by 50 %,
- Receive early retirement for disability.
Date or year of birth | Minimum age |
|---|---|
Before July 1951 | 60 years |
Between July and 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 years |
Maximum income
From 1to july 2022, your income couple shall not exceed €1,492.08 per month.
Your couple's income is assessed over the 3 months preceding the departure point of the Aspa. If they exceed the maximum amount, your income from the previous 12 months is taken into account.
Example :
If your application is received on May 12, 2022:
- The starting point of the Aspa is set at 1to June 2022 (1to day of the month following receipt of your request)
- Your revenues include the months of March, April and May 2022.
- If the total of these revenues exceeds the maximum allowable amount, your income for the months of June 2021 to May 2022 is taken into account.
If your income over 3 months and 12 months exceeds the maximum amount, the reference period is carried forward from month to month, as long as you do not need to be questioned to know your income.
You can apply for Aspa as soon as you meet the other conditions (age, residence).
FYI
the maximum income amount is revalued each 1to January.
Revenue Types
Main revenue types | Taken into account? |
|---|---|
Cash or in-kind aid received from descendants, not determined by a court order | No |
Allowance for adults with disabilities (AAH) | No, except in special cases |
Social Housing Allowance (SLA) | No |
Custom Housing Assistance (APL) | No |
Custom Autonomy Allocation (Apa) | No |
Recognition allowance and lifetime allowance for former and assimilated workers | No |
Donated property | Yes, under certain conditions |
Scholarships for Colleges and High Schools | No |
Third-party mark-up (MTP) | No |
Maintenance payments fixed by a court order | Yes |
Pensions attached to honours (Legion of Honour, Military Medal, etc.) | No |
Invalidity pension | Yes |
Pension | Yes |
No | |
Disability Compensation Benefit (PCH) | No |
Family benefits | No |
No | |
Income from movable and immovable property | 3 % of their value fixed on the date of application |
Business income | Yes. But the amount of your income is reduced by a lump sum: |
Value of your principal residence, even if the applicant is in long-term hospital | No |
FYI
it is possible to know the list of all revenue not included for the allocation of the Aspa.
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You are French
You must reside in France (metropolis, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Martin).
You are permanently resident in France if you are in either of these situations:
- You have permanent home in France. Home means the place where you normally live, that is, the place of your habitual residence, provided that this residence in France is permanent.
- The location of your main stay is located in France. This is the case if you stay in France for more than 6 months (or 180 days) in the year concerned.
You're foreigners
You must reside in France.
You are permanently resident in France if you are in either of these situations:
- You have permanent home in France. Home means the place where you normally live, that is, the place of your habitual residence, provided that this residence in France is permanent.
- The location of your main stay is located in France. This is the case if you stay in France for more than 6 months (or 180 days) in the year concerned.
You must also be in one of the following situations:
- To have a residence permit for at least 10 years that permits work
- Be refugee
- Being stateless
- Benefit from subsidiary protection
- Fighting for France
- Be a national of a Member State of the European Economic Area or Switzerland or Great Britain
- 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 have only one pension
You must file your application with the organisation that pays you your pension:
Social Security pension
You must complete the Aspa application form:
Application for Aspa from the National Old Age Insurance Fund (Cnav) and the Cavimac
You send the form, along with the supporting documents requested (the list of which is specified in the notice attached to the form), to your pension fund.
This form allows you to request the Aspa from a single organisation for all the activities you have been able to carry out as:
- Employee
- Head of company, collaborator, craftsman, merchant and industrialist...
- Minister of Religious or Religious Affairs (Cavimac)
Retirement paid by MSA
You must complete the Aspa application form:
Application for Aspa from the MSA
You send the form, along with the supporting documents requested (the list of which is specified in the instructions attached to the form), to the MSA.
You have multiple retirements (polypensioner)
You must submit your application in the following order of priority. 1/ Under the non-farm employee plan, if you are a pensioner under that plan and have the status of an agricultural operator on the date of your application for a PFA. 2/ Under the general plan, if this organisation pays you a pension. 3/ To the organisation that pays you the highest pension on the date of your application for Aspa.
Retirement paid by MSA
You must complete the Aspa application form:
Application for Aspa from the MSA
You send the form, along with the supporting documents requested (the list of which is specified in the instructions attached to the form), to the MSA.
Social Security pension
This form allows you to request the Aspa from a single organisation for all the activities you have been able to carry out as:
- employee, company manager, partner, craftsman, merchant and industrialist, ...
- Minister of Religious Affairs (Cavimac)
You must complete the Aspa application form:
Application for Aspa from the National Old Age Insurance Fund (Cnav) and the Cavimac
You send the form, along with the supporting documents requested (the list of which is specified in the notice attached to the form), to your pension fund.
Other
Reminder
if you do not yet receive your pension, your application must be made to the pension fund that will pay you the pension when you retire.
If you are not eligible to receive a pension, you must complete this form and submit it to your town hall:
Application for Aspa (applicant without retirement pension)
FYI
this form can also be obtained from your town hall.
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2 people receive the Aspa
From 1to July 2022, when the 2 members of the couple receive the Aspa, the maximum total amount paid is €1,492.08 per month €17,905.06 maximum per year).
The amount paid to your couple is equal to the difference between €1,492.08 and the amount of income per month of your couple.
Example :
If your couple's income is €1,000 per month, the monthly amount of the Aspa is calculated as follows:
€1,492.08 - €1,000 = €492.08 per month.
1 person receives the Aspa
From 1to July 2022, when only one member of your couple receives the Aspa, the maximum amount paid is €961.08 per month €11,533.02 maximum per year).
Income of the couple (per month) | Aspa amount (per month) |
|---|---|
Up to €531.00 | €961.08 |
More than €531.00 and up to €1,492.08 | Difference between €1,492.08 and the amount of the couple's income |
Greater Than €1,492.08 | Aspa not paid |
The Aspa is paid by your pension fund (Carsat: titleContent, MSA...)
It shall be paid as early as 1to day of the month following the date of receipt of the application.
When you collect the Aspa, you must inform your pension fund of any change in your income, family status or place of residence.
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In mainland
Amounts paid to Aspa are recovered after death only if the estate's net assets (i.e., assets minus debts) are at least equal to €39,000.
If the net assets of the estate are less than this amount, there is no recovery.
In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint Martin
Amounts paid to Aspa are recovered after death only if the estate's net assets (i.e., assets minus debts) are at least equal to €100 000.
If the net assets of the estate are less than this amount, there is no recovery.
You live alone
The persons concerned are:
- Single
- Widows
- War widows
- Divorced
- Separated bodies (persons authorised by a judgement to reside separately, without terminating their marriage)
- Separated de facto (persons each with a principal residence)
Example :
A retired person living with his or her daughter (adult or minor) is considered to be living alone.
The Aspa is paid to the pensioner living in France through his pension fund (Carsat: titleContent, MSA, ...).
The amount depends on your resources (income and wealth). The amount of your Aspa is, to a certain extent, added to your personal income.
FYI
if you receive old-age minimum benefits, you can ask to switch to the Aspa device at any time. However, it is not possible to switch from the Aspa to the minimum.
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General case
You can get the Aspa from age 65.
You are a veteran/deported/interned or a prisoner of war
You can get Aspa before age 65.
The age at which you can benefit is determined by your year of birth.
Date or year of birth | Minimum age |
|---|---|
Before July 1951 | 60 years |
Between July and 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 years |
You are a person with a disability
You can get Aspa at age 65 or earlier if you meet any of the following conditions:
- Justify a permanent disability rate of at least 50 %,
- be found unfit for work and permanently incapacitated by 50 %,
- Receive early retirement for disability
Date or year of birth | Minimum age |
|---|---|
Before July 1951 | 60 years |
Between July and 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 years |
Maximum income
If your income exceeds a maximum amount, you are not entitled to the Aspa.
From 1to July 2022, the amount not to be exceeded is€961.08 per month.
FYI
if you are a war widow, another maximum amount applies.
Your revenues are valued over the 3 months preceding the starting point of the Aspa. If they exceed the maximum amount, your income from the previous 12 months is taken into account.
Example :
If your application is received on May 12, 2022:
- The starting point of the Aspa is set at 1to June 2022 (1to day of the month following receipt of your request)
- Your revenues include the months of March, April and May 2022.
- If the total of these revenues exceeds the maximum allowable amount, your income for the months of June 2021 to May 2022 is taken into account.
If your income over 3 months and 12 months exceeds the maximum amount, the reference period is carried forward from month to month, as long as you do not need to be questioned to know your income.
You can apply for Aspa as soon as you meet the other conditions (age, residence).
FYI
the maximum income amount is revalued each 1to January.
Revenue Types
Main revenue types | Taken into account? |
|---|---|
Cash or in-kind aid received from descendants, not determined by a court order | No |
Allowance for adults with disabilities (AAH) | No, except in special cases |
Social Housing Allowance (SLA) | No |
Custom Housing Assistance (APL) | No |
Custom Autonomy Allocation (Apa) | No |
Recognition allowance and lifetime allowance for former and assimilated workers | No |
Donated property | Yes, under certain conditions |
Scholarships for Colleges and High Schools | No |
Third-party mark-up (MTP) | No |
Maintenance payments fixed by a court order | Yes |
Pensions attached to honours (Legion of Honour, Military Medal, etc.) | No |
Invalidity pension | Yes |
Pension | Yes |
No | |
Disability Compensation Benefit (PCH) | No |
Family benefits | No |
No | |
Income from movable and immovable property | 3 % of their value fixed on the date of application |
Business income | Yes. But the amount of your income is reduced by a lump sum: |
Value of your principal residence, even if the applicant is in long-term hospital | No |
FYI
it is possible to know the list of all revenue not included for the allocation of the Aspa. If they are not on this list, all other types of income are included.
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You are French
You must reside in France (metropolis, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Martin).
You are permanently resident in France if you are in either of these situations:
- You have permanent home in France. Home means the place where you normally live, that is, the place of your habitual residence, provided that this residence in France is permanent.
- The location of your main stay is located in France. This is the case if you stay in France for more than 6 months (or 180 days) in the year concerned.
You're foreigners
You must reside in France.
You are permanently resident in France if you are in either of these situations:
- You have permanent home in France. Home means the place where you normally live, that is, the place of your habitual residence, provided that this residence in France is permanent.
- The location of your main stay is located in France. This is the case if you stay in France for more than 6 months (or 180 days) in the year concerned.
You must also be in one of the following situations:
- To have a residence permit for at least 10 years that permits work
- Be refugee
- Being stateless
- Benefit from subsidiary protection
- Fighting for France
- Be a national of a Member State of the European Economic Area or Switzerland or Great Britain
- 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 have only one pension
You must file your application with the organisation that pays you your pension.
Social Security pension
You must complete the Aspa application form:
Application for Aspa from the National Old Age Insurance Fund (Cnav) and the Cavimac
You send the form, along with the supporting documents requested (the list of which is specified in the notice attached to the form), to your pension fund.
This form allows you to request the Aspa from a single organisation for all the activities you have been able to carry out as:
- Employee
- Head of company, collaborator, craftsman, merchant and industrialist...
- Minister of Religious or Religious Affairs (Cavimac)
Retirement paid by MSA
You must complete the Aspa application form:
Application for Aspa from the MSA
You send the form, along with the supporting documents requested (the list of which is specified in the instructions attached to the form), to the MSA.
Retirement from the State Pension Fund
You must complete the Aspa application form:
Application for Aspa from the National Old Age Insurance Fund (Cnav) and the Cavimac
You send the form, along with the supporting documents requested (the list of which is specified in the notice attached to the form), to your pension fund.
Pension paid by the pension fund of territorial and hospital officials
You must request by mail the application form of the Aspa at CNRACL: titleContent ::
Who shall I contact
You have multiple retirements (polypensioner)
You must submit your application in the following order of priority. 1/ Under the non-farm employee plan, if you are a pensioner under that plan and have the status of an agricultural operator on the date of your application for a PFA. 2/ Under the general plan, if this organisation pays you a pension. 3/ To the organisation that pays you the highest pension on the date of your application for Aspa.
Retirement paid by MSA
You must complete the Aspa application form:
Application for Aspa from the MSA
You send the form, along with the supporting documents requested (the list of which is specified in the instructions attached to the form), to the MSA.
Social Security pension
This form allows you to request the Aspa from a single organisation for all the activities you have been able to carry out as:
- employee, company manager, partner, craftsman, merchant and industrialist, ...
- Minister of Religious Affairs (Cavimac)
You must complete the Aspa application form:
Application for Aspa from the National Old Age Insurance Fund (Cnav) and the Cavimac
You send the form, along with the supporting documents requested (the list of which is specified in the notice attached to the form), to your pension fund.
Other
Reminder
if you do not yet receive your pension, your application must be made to the pension fund that will pay you the pension when you retire.
If you are not eligible to receive a pension, you must complete this form and submit it to your town hall:
Application for Aspa (applicant without retirement pension)
FYI
this form can also be obtained from your town hall.
From 1to July 2022, the maximum amount allocated per month is €961.08 either €11,533.02 maximum per year).
The amount allocated to you is equal to the difference between the maximum amount per month of the Aspa (€961.08) 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:
€961.08 - €800 = €161.08 per month.
The Aspa is paid by your pension fund (Carsat: titleContent, MSA...)
It shall be paid as early as 1to day of the month following the date of receipt of the application.
When you collect the Aspa, you must inform your pension fund of any change in your income, family status or place of residence.
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In mainland
Amounts paid to Aspa are recovered after death only if the estate's net assets (i.e., assets minus debts) are at least equal to €39,000.
If the net assets of the estate are less than this amount, there is no recovery.
In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint Martin
Amounts paid to Aspa are recovered after death only if the estate's net assets (i.e., assets minus debts) are at least equal to €100 000.
If the net assets of the estate are less than this amount, there is no recovery.
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
If your pension is paid by Social Security
To inform you about your situation, ask a question about your file, access personal information (file tracking, latest payments, etc.).
By phone
39,60 (or 09 71 10 39 60 from a mobile, box or foreigner)
Free service + call price
Monday to Friday from 8am to 5pm
If your pension is paid by the MSA
Agricultural Social Mutuality (ASM)If you are retired from the territorial or hospital civil service
National Pension Fund for Local Government Officials (CNRACL)If you are not entitled to a retirement pension
Service of the solidarity allowance for the elderly (SASPA)
- Social Security Code: Articles L815-1 to L815-6Conditions for entitlement to the allowance
- Social Security Code: Articles R815-1 to R815-2-1Conditions for entitlement to the allowance
- Social Security Code: Articles D815-1 and D815-2-1ASPA amounts
- Social Security Code: Articles R815-3 to R815-17Submitting Requests
- Social Security Code: Articles R815-30 to R815-45Request Processing
- Social Security Code: Articles L815-7 to L815-8Resource Assessment
- Social Security Code: Article L815-9Resource Assessment
- Social Security Code: Articles R815-18 to R815-29Resource Assessment
- Social Security Code: Articles L815-10 to L815-12Payment
- Social Security Code: Articles L815-13Estate recovery
- Social Security Code: Articles D815-3 to D815-7Estate recovery
- Social Security Code: Articles R815-46 to R815-48Estate recovery
- Social Security Code: Articles L815-14 to L815-15Litigation and penalties
- Social Security Code: Articles L816-1 to L816-3Conditions for foreigners
- Cnav Circular No. 2007/15 of 1 February 2007 on simplifying the minimum age
- Circular Cnav 2019-13 of 14 March 2019 on the condition of residence and regularity of stay in respect of Aspa and Asi (PDF - 204.7 KB)
- Circular Cnav 2023-3 dated 9 January 2023 (PDF)
- Application for Aspa from the National Old Age Insurance Fund (Cnav) and the Cavimac
Form
- Declaration of family status and income for the past 12 months (Aspa or Asi application to Cnav)
Form
- Application for Aspa from the MSA
Form
- Declaration of family status and income with the MSA
Form
- Application for Aspa (applicant without retirement pension)
Form
- Know what social benefits you may be entitled to
Simulator
FAQ
- Aspa RegulationNational Old Age Insurance Fund
- Aspa: inheritance taxNational Old Age Insurance Fund
- Aspa: list of resources not consideredNational Old Age Insurance Fund
- Aspa and Asi for State officials (including magistrate and military)Ministry of Finance
- Aspa and Asi for territorial and hospital officialsNational Pension Fund for Local Government Officials (CNRACL)
- Aspa and Asi: residency requirement for certain foreignersNational Old Age Insurance Fund